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HIM centers on a promising young football player (Tyriq Withers), invited to train at the isolated compound of a dynasty team's aging QB1. The legendary quarterback (Marlon Wayans) takes his protégé on a blood-chilling journey into the inner sanctum of fame, power and pursuit of excellence at any cost.

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Fumbling the ball well before the red zone, HIM has style to spare but botches its promising conceit with rookie execution.

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

In Withers, “HIM” finds a star more than capable of holding a just-fine movie on his rippling shoulders, making it look better by association. He’s a joy to watch, charming and appropriately intense when the material calls for it.

Sep 24, 2025

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Bob Mondello

NPR

The director's filming regimen includes x-ray-enhanced tackles, a lot of red lighting and some football-helmeted religious imagery. It all gets pretty tiresome after a while.

Sep 24, 2025

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

It’s the kind of movie that leaves you feeling indifferent rather than chilled to the bone, clobbered into numbness with good intentions.

Sep 24, 2025

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Lapacazo Magrira Sandoval

Los Angeles Sentinel

You may cringe, you may get frustrated, but you may also find yourself rocked by its raw edges. I did. Flaws and all.

Sep 30, 2025

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

The potential here to tackle the meat-grinding excess plus the mental and physical grind of the modern athlete is astronomical only to watch it crumble away with a boring, confused narrative and a deer-in-the-headlights performance by Tyriq Withers

Rated: 1/4

Sep 29, 2025

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Sheraz Farooqi

CinemaDebate

HIM blends sports and horror into an interesting narrative. Marlon Wayans delivers a strong performance & Tyriq Withers works well as the lead. While the first two acts are solid, the third falls apart.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 28, 2025

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Erika

The visuals were great and the story started so strong. The plot just seems to go off the rails at some point before the end. It doesn’t feel complete to me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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Jessica C

Loved the movie. It was disturbingly beautiful! Not what you guess it is, so that is also fun and exciting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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James D

Visually unique and very creative, and the two leads have the right fearless crazy for the film. Ultimately, though, it's very heavy-handed with it's commentary on the cultishness and brutality of football. The finale is off the rails even by the film's standard. There's a good movie here with different direction, say Jordan Peele....

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Cory

Story line flow could have been better , relatable to what people will do for fame & glory

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Giancarlo

I liked the anesthetic of the movie and how the coach is a very realistic ego centric person.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Johnny T

Discombobulated. I like football, the story kinda made sense, but it just didn't go how I thought it would go. I found myself dozing off in parts of the film. It needed more action sequences, in my opinion.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Synopsis

HIM centers on a promising young football player (Tyriq Withers), invited to train at the isolated compound of a dynasty team's aging QB1. The legendary quarterback (Marlon Wayans) takes his protégé on a blood-chilling journey into the inner sanctum of fame, power and pursuit of excellence at any cost.

Director: Justin Tipping
Producer: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Jamal M. Watson
Screenwriter: Skip Bronkie, Zack Akers, Justin Tipping
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Monkeypaw Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.3M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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