Thirsty for a following, Kurt Kunkle is a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral.... (Full plot summary below)
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Thirsty for a following, Kurt Kunkle is a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral.
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| The Film StageJoshua EnciniasAn equal parts terrifying, thrilling, and satirical look at how social media can warp the mind. |
| The PlaylistMarshall ShafferKoltyarenko serves a bitter pill for viewers of his film, many of whom will likely see themselves as part of the solution to the problem of online radicalization by attempting to grapple with it in this film. The viewers are actually more part of the problem by tuning into Kurt’s stream in the first place. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperEvery frame of the film is bursting with sensory overload information, from the shaky, hand-held camera angles to the constant scrolling of viewer messages to the occasional use of split screens. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSo while there's nothing incredibly new here in the narrative, it's also a reminder that Keery has natural charisma, and is turning that to increasingly interesting ends. |
| Consequence of SoundMichael RoffmanSpree works better as a performance piece for Keery, who never eases up on the pedal. He’s legitimately haunting as Kurt, and like the best sociopaths in film, there’s a subtle guilt that comes from wanting to see what he’ll do next. Oddly enough, that feeling speaks louder than anything actually said in the film. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreI have to say I went along with it, more amused by the craft and bursts of wit and gripped by a bit of tension, here and there, than appalled by the inhumanity. It taps into our shared phobia about ridesharing and “over-sharing,” not that EVERYbody is alarmed by these phenomena. |
| The VergeAdi RobertsonThe film leans hard into dark comedy rather than outright horror, which saves it from seeming like technophobic scaremongering or a “kids these days” moral panic. If you’re the kind of person who can laugh at slapstick murder vignettes, a lot of Spree works very well. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeTo the extent that it works, much credit goes to Keery, for finding the real human need inside this twentysomething cipher. |
| EmpireIan FreerA forced, over-ripe satire on the hunger for social media, bolstered by an engaging performance by Joe Keery. But if you really want to feel the real-life impact of the ’Gram on a young psyche, stick with Eighth Grade. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAn awkward and mostly unpleasant hybrid of social critique and horror-comedy, detailing how this psycho kid decides to take the gloves off and become internet famous. |
