☰
Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Retreat

Play trailer Retreat 2025 1h 47m Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 6 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
The people of Chilmark have chosen to live separately from the hearing world. They are deaf but they don't use that term -- that is a label created by hearing society. When Eva arrives at Chilmark, she is looking to escape her old life and reframe her identity. Upon arriving, Eva befriends Matt who has lived at Chilmark since he was a child and as she starts to shed the damage caused by the outside world, she triggers a need in Matt to experience life on the outside. As Eva finds a new home and community, Matt pleads with Mia, Chilmark's leader, to be allowed to travel. When he is denied, Matt begins his own journey of discovery and the secrets behind Chilmark lead him to question everything about himself and his community.

Critics Reviews

View More (6)
Allan Hunter Screen International An ambitious and largely successful fusion of a thriller and a journey of self-discovery. Sep 29, 2025 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Retreat begins to adopt a far more engrossing feel once certain pieces start to fall into place... Rated: 3/4 Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Film Obsessive Retreat is the sort of identity-driven genre filmmaking that people have been begging for. It’s something wholly unique, a film that asks its viewer to evaluate the way that community can be twisted in coercion and control. Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Jared Mobarak Hey, Have You Seen ...? Evans masterfully wields Eva and Matt as a spiritually tethered duo forever separated by the contrast of their worlds (Zander and Boyle are fantastic). As she crosses into his, he's forcibly displaced into hers. Rated: 9/10 Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Sara Clements Next Best Picture "Retreat" is a bold and immersive portrayal of deaf identity, offering a richly textured world that challenges how we think about language, belonging, and self-determination. Rated: 6/10 Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Alex Papaioannou InSession Film There is always a chance for something greater than what currently exists. It’s in that hope, left to the next generation, that Retreat turns all its thrills and its horror into something worth fighting for despite all that’s occurred thus far. Rated: B- Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

View All

Ted Evans

Director

Sophie Stone

Actor

Anne Zander

Actor

James Joseph Boyle

Actor

Ace Mahbaz

Actor

Ted Evans

Screenwriter
View All

Retreat

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis The people of Chilmark have chosen to live separately from the hearing world. They are deaf but they don't use that term -- that is a label created by hearing society. When Eva arrives at Chilmark, she is looking to escape her old life and reframe her identity. Upon arriving, Eva befriends Matt who has lived at Chilmark since he was a child and as she starts to shed the damage caused by the outside world, she triggers a need in Matt to experience life on the outside. As Eva finds a new home and community, Matt pleads with Mia, Chilmark's leader, to be allowed to travel. When he is denied, Matt begins his own journey of discovery and the secrets behind Chilmark lead him to question everything about himself and his community.
Director
Ted Evans
Producer
Michelle Stein, Jennifer Monks, Alex Usborne
Screenwriter
Ted Evans
Production Co
The Fold, 104 Films
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 47m