The stressed and jealous middle-aged banker Theo is married with the young actress Susanna and they have a six-year-old daughter, Ella. Theo is a hated man since he was accused of drowning his first wife, but he was considered not guilty by the justice. Out of the blue, they decide to travel on vacation to a huge, isolated house in the Welsh countryside to resolve the problems in their relationship. But soon they have nightmares and Theo believes something evil is hidden in t... (Full plot summary below)
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The stressed and jealous middle-aged banker Theo is married with the young actress Susanna and they have a six-year-old daughter, Ella. Theo is a hated man since he was accused of drowning his first wife, but he was considered not guilty by the justice. Out of the blue, they decide to travel on vacation to a huge, isolated house in the Welsh countryside to resolve the problems in their relationship. But soon they have nightmares and Theo believes something evil is hidden in the house.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt’s low-key in tone and not a splatter fest, even remotely. You Should Have Left is horror for a thinking audience. |
| IGNKristy PuchkoThere's a throbbing theme at You Should Have Left's core about what it means to be a man. But if subtext isn't your jam, you can kick back, switch off, and enjoy the eerie thrills and jolting scares of this satisfying horror-thriller. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanThe movie won’t disturb your dreams, but it grabs hold of you and keeps tugging. |
| IndieWireKate ErblandBacon holds it steady, setting up residence in an uneasy, unwell character, unconcerned with making him likable or worth rooting for — the kind of person who gets left behind, and with good reason. |
| TheWrapSteve PondSure, it’s creepy as hell and very stylish to boot, but You Should Have Left essentially plays like a scaled-down Blumhouse riff on “The Shining,” only with slightly shorter hallways and considerably less ambition. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreIt’s all rater less than the sum of its parts, but the first two thirds of You Should Leave” impress and engross. It’s a pity we don’t get to see it with an audience. Because if there’s one thing that amplifies tiny frights, it’s other people overreacting as if they’re scared out of their wits. |
| Paste MagazineOktay Ege KozakYou Should Have Left works when it’s a streamlined campfire ghost story, but the unnecessary bells and whistles weighs it down. Still, it’s just good enough to work as a timewaster for genre fans. |
| Screen RantHannah HoolihanYou Should Have Left often feels like a watered-down version of The Shining, but Koepp still manages to maintain interest in its mind-bending story. |
| SlashfilmChris EvangelistaWhile the film gets points for bucking tradition and trying to portray its scenes of fright mostly in bright daylight (shot with sharpness by cinematographer Angus Hudson), the scares just aren’t very scary. It doesn’t help that the pacing never feels right, with long stretches of the film focusing on things that would’ve been better served by being truncated. |
| CNNBrian LowryThere's an unintended kick, in the current moment, watching a movie designed to make you want to flee the confines of a house. |
