RogerEbert.com November 12, 2021 There is something incredibly bingeable about [Yellowjackets] in that the writing keeps building on itself, growing in potency as we get to know th...
The Ringer December 28, 2021 It’s a fast, freaky ride. Strap on those oxygen masks; it’s about to, quite literally, go down…
Vulture November 12, 2021 Feels like a hybrid of other shows that nonetheless forms its own compelling teen/adult psychological study, with some dashes of horror and ca...
In the world of fantasy literature, Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time novels were once the biggest thing since The Lord of the Rings… This handso...
Fox 10 Phoenix April 22, 2022 If "The Bad Guys" doesn’t enter the top tier of the animated echelon, it’s still a fun time at the movies and a strong calling car...
Perifel are not interested in the kind of subtleties of thought and feeling that Pixar embraces. The tone is pure Dreamworks. It’s fast, free-wheel...
New Yorker January 12, 2022 The season climaxes with a bravura sequence of desire and ultraviolence…
Rolling Stone November 5, 2021 Many of its influences already overlap, and thus work together well. The ones that don’t can at times combine to create something that feels...
Salon.com November 16, 2021 In the short term Yellowjackets holds all the essential ingredients needed to brew a thriller worth investing in.
Hollywood Reporter November 12, 2021 Yellowjackets remains too fun to write off just yet. Its gutsiness sets it apart from the usual survival-drama fare, and its performances suggest&n...
Times (UK) March 25, 2022 It’s a film of thrills, wit and twists that also has semi-serious things to say about how certain animals are demonised in popular culture, an...
NOW Toronto April 22, 2022 The Northman envelopes its conventional swords-and-sandals plot with a vibe and aesthetic that is both unhinged and seductive.
Chicago Sun-Times November 12, 2021 It features stellar performances from the parallel casts of young actors and familiar veterans portraying characters some 25 years apart.
The Guardian March 30, 2022 This is Tarantino for ankle-biters with a bit of Ocean’s 11 thrown in: funny, energetic and just smart enough.
An uncanny mix of implacable horror, conspiracy-laded mystery, and barbed character comedy. It’s as adept at making you scream with fear as scream...
indieWire November 15, 2021 Yellowjackets is all kinds of fun, focused on a messy story and the messy people who rose from the ashes of it.
The Guardian April 4, 2022 It’s sharp, silly and frequently very funny.
It really might be the next Lost. Just don’t say that too loudly. You don’t want to jinx it.
This is an ideal series for anyone in high school who feels the pangs of being different. It’s realistic but never bitter. You’ll fall for it just...
Chicago Reader April 28, 2022 It serves up a few definite laugh-out-loud moments alongside the heavier emotional beats.
I’m here to proselytize the cult ofYellowjackets.
When it commits to its chilling suspense, the show is utterly fascinating to watch… Let’s just hope the payoff, and the inevitable reveals to...
New York Times April 20, 2022 It’s rote material, symptomatic of the underlying problem — a lack of imagination.
While The Bad Guys ultimately lacks the sophistication and emotional resonance to make it anything more than a harmless diversion, it offers p...
Financial Times March 31, 2022 The ingenuity of the set-pieces and the zippy pace keep you from thinking about any of it too hard.
Autostraddle November 19, 2021 I know that "Lord of the Flies but with girls" is also the concept for The Wilds, but honestly? I’m here for it.
Daily Telegraph December 3, 2021 There’s a hell of a lot going on. But it had me gripped.
This is a great-looking film with terrific performances, some lovely messaging and a steady parade of solid laughs—some the kids will enj...
Thankfully, the movie resists the urge to sentimentalize or preach, and retains a classic cartoon sense of anarchy and even a touch of amorality.
Independent December 9, 2021 Creators and showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are quick to dole out the plot twists, too, while ably balancing timelines and a parad...
TIME Magazine November 14, 2021 What makes this patchwork of styles, tones and time periods hang together is the thread of psychological realism that runs through every scene.
For a feature directorial debut, Pierre Perifel has nothing to be ashamed about. He and his team have made a solid film for kiddos.
Think of it either as Reservoir Sprogs or Ocean’s Eleven and Unders, swaggering into cinemas in slow-motion just in time for the school break.
It’s fun to watch familiar faces engage in outrageous physical comedy, but this film is no substitute for the 1990 original.
The animation is outstanding, stylish and dynamic when it needs to be, touches of anime, especially with the police officer,, and a bit of a h...
The movie plays its target audience like a fiddle. That is music, no matter how familiar, that even the most cynical among us can enjoy.
RogerEbert.com April 22, 2022 A furry, scaly version of Quentin Tarantino or Elmore Leonard--or at least, thats what it aspires to be.
The Atlantic January 19, 2022 In this stew of hormones, gore, and mordant farce, the series captures the way that growing out of girlhood is an inherently brutal and absurd proc...
Variety November 12, 2021 Don’t be fooled by its teen show trappings: "Yellowjackets" is a pitch black parable of human desperation that will creep its way under...
Los Angeles Times December 9, 2021 "Yellowjackets" is many things, including my favorite new mystery drama of the year.
Times (UK) December 3, 2021 A genre mash-up of survival drama, teenage high-school movie, gory horror flick, with a dab of The Blair Witch Project, it is much better than...
The Bad Guys is most notable for the way it wastes a premise and ends up feeling like a second-rate Zootopia wannabe.
Throwback feeling that adds a lot of oomph to the action.
The survival timeline is pure horror, all steadily increasing dread and glimpses of grotesque violence. The writers seed the story with hints of th...
Detroit News April 21, 2022 Never quite grounds itself or finds a through line of storytelling reality to pass for anything more than a temporary distraction while things...
Slant Magazine April 21, 2022 The Bad Guys is a heist film that steals all of its moves.
No singing, no dancing, no moral lessons – it’s just a cartoon, with fast-talking, wise-cracking animals, lots of silly car chases and&nb...
Irish Times April 15, 2022 Richard Ayoades ironical voice work goes some way to saving it, but this remains a shamelessly anaemic half-term diversion. Didnt we decide that ki...
Empire Magazine March 31, 2022 With some gorgeously stylised animation and sharp comedy making up for its somewhat lightweight storytelling, The Bad Guys is… not bad.
Empire Magazine January 21, 2022 Gruesome, gripping and blackly comic, this tightly-plotted mystery-horror is meaty in all the right (and wrong) ways.
On a scene-to-scene basis, there’s so much going on… that it’s easy enough to enjoy the small picture, separate from the big one.
Boston Globe April 26, 2022 Overall, the movie has a nicely sophisticated tone. A lot of that has to do with the breeziness of Rockwell’s line readings and the endearing...
MovieFreak.com April 26, 2022 The Bad Guys is an awful lot of fun.
New York Times November 11, 2021 At heart, "Yellowjackets" is a fun, pulpy twist on a midlife theme that runs back to "Thirtysomething" and beyond: How did I end up...
Globe and Mail November 12, 2021 It’s a blazing start to a series speculating about the dark, seething rage and violence that lurks in young women given the agency to cr...
