Thoroughbreds isn’t going to be for everyone. It’s methodical, it’s not interested in being horror film and it attempts to upend your expectations.

| Original Score: A | Aug 7, 2024

Thoroughbreds is a dark delight. Deeply comedic moments are intermixed with trepidation and tied together with standout performances by Cooke and Taylor-Joy. A cult classic in the making.

| Jul 25, 2023

There’s a wicked little satire under the cultivated surfaces and carefully groomed front, while the chilly alienation elevates this teen killer thriller with a mix of psychological drama and cool neo-noir.

| Apr 8, 2023

A half-batty movie that takes the problems of the young and privileged and gives them a violent shake. Where do all the pieces land? You’ll have to watch to find out.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 25, 2022

Makes his audiences feel something for characters incapable of empathy

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 14, 2022

Thoroughbreds is weird, funny, thought-provoking, and anchored by great performances and praiseworthy filmmaking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2021

Taylor-Joy and Cooke are top-notch.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 10, 2021

It's ... incredibly bleak, but it's not nihilistic, and for me, that makes all the difference.

| Jul 20, 2021

A minor miracle of tone control: an unsettling character study with the sick-funny kicks of a merciless thriller.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 5, 2021

Acerbic, biting, and witty, Cory Finley's script telegraphs its intimate stage play roots with a simple story elevated by sharp dialogue, magnetic performances, and some of the smartest uses of sound in recent cinematic memory.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 29, 2021

By taking beats from the screwball comedy and injecting them with embalming fluid and battery acid, Thoroughbreds is one of the most impressive debuts in recent years.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 23, 2020

Thoroughbreds is a pitch black dark comedy in the vein of Heathers or Throw Momma from the Train. Think Mean Girls filtered through the bleakly humorous noir lens of the Coen brothers.

| Jul 18, 2020

Strange and unorthodox, "Thoroughbreds" subverts expectations, offers unexpected flourishes of heart, and doesn't provide easy answers or over explain every detail.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 1, 2020

Watching the two young women bond while bringing out each other's worst qualities is a fascinating, hypnotic and darkly humorous process that is the dark heart of the film.

| Jun 2, 2020

Although disturbing to watch...we can't look away due to a director's sharp lens.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2020

["Thoroughbreds" features] sharp dialogue and vivid characterizations.

| Oct 16, 2019

Thoroughbreds is a perfect example of various elements coming together to make a great film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2019

Thoroughbreds is a comedy, but it's the sort of comedy that would probably be found in the Drama section if Blockbuster still existed.

| Jul 24, 2019

A fable full of bile, visually cold and impeccable, like a luxury perfume advertisement. With acid inside the bottle. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 11, 2019

horoughbreds probably isn't quite as sophisticated as it may think itself to be, but it is proof that at least a modicum of self-awareness, impeccable casting and a savvy satirizing of significant social stereotypes can be an engaging endeavor.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 18, 2019