pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FLICKFEEL
60
from 55 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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FUN
26
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
40
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 55 comments (47 from Metacritic, 8 from TMDB reviews) — 26 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.
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“Almost the entirety of the trailer was just the first act, and it left me seriously stumped at where this movie was going.”
Nathan · TMDB reviews ↗
“That sense of unknown really added to the thick tension that this movie brought throughout.”
Nathan · TMDB reviews ↗
“Its takes far too long for this story to get off the ground”
MovieGuys · TMDB reviews ↗
“the reveal comes far to early. Whats left almost feels like a second film. It leaves only a reiteration of the essential earlier plot line with a few wrinkles”
MovieGuys · TMDB reviews ↗
“as the film moves towards its rather icky, conclusion”
MovieGuys · TMDB reviews ↗
“any sense of fear and tension, built up subtly in the first part of the film, is dissipated too. You know what's coming.”
MovieGuys · TMDB reviews ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.
“An unnerving thriller that never goes quite where you’d expect, this feature writing/directing debut from Zach Cregger (“The Whitest Kids U’Know”) also does monstrously amazing things with lighting, sets and special effects makeup.”
Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle · 100
“Barbarian is skillfully directed, smartly cast and superbly acted.”
Qina Liu, The Seattle Times · 100
“Cregger sets up dozens of clichés and pulls them in genuinely surprising directions, brandishing his touchstones: American horror films of the 80s and 90s in the vein of Wes Craven.”
Beatrice Loayza, The New York Times · 90
“To Cregger’s credit, the sense of dread he creates is the stuff that the very best horror movies are made of.”
Peter Debruge, Variety · 90
“What Cregger best accomplishes with Barbarian is an unhinged sort of storytelling that nevertheless feels calculated in its design. It knows that comedy and horror are two sides of the same coin, and synthesizes both while also playfully knocking loose a screw or two.”
Sarah-Tai Black, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 90
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 85, the watch 60
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“the end is awesome”
Ankelynabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“the ending is not the best either”
HenriqueBF98about 75–100% inread it ↗
“a few moments in the tunnels that had the right mix of claustrophobia and dread”
Vaedianabout 15–75% inread it ↗
“'barbarian' starts off spectacularly. the film introduces the protagonists with precision and builds a very effective atmosphere of tension from the start, especially around the character of keith (bill skarsgård), whom we are never quite sure whether to trust or not. the cinematography is detailed, the dialogues are clever, and the story, although slow at the beginning, simmers at a steady pace, creating expectations that promise a lot.”
chriss17euabout 0–50% inread it ↗
“Almost the entirety of the trailer was just the first act, and it left me seriously stumped at where this movie was going.”
Nathanabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“That sense of unknown really added to the thick tension that this movie brought throughout.”
Nathanabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Its takes far too long for this story to get off the ground”
MovieGuysabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“the reveal comes far to early. Whats left almost feels like a second film. It leaves only a reiteration of the essential earlier plot line with a few wrinkles”
MovieGuysabout 33–66% inread it ↗
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