Significant Other

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Significant Other

R

2022

1h 24m

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

Drama

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SIGNIFICANT OTHER follows a young couple, Harry (Jake Lacy, "White Lotus") and Ruth (Maika Monroe, "It Follows"), who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.

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Critics Consensus

Some surprising touches and a generally thoughtful approach help elevate Significant Other above standard wilderness survival stories.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Never overstays its welcome and builds up to its shocks by having us get to know Harry and Ruth before it turns the tables on the audience

Rated: 3/4

Oct 19, 2022

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Jordan Hoffman

AV Club

If for some reason you haven’t pulled the trigger on Shudder and want to get more out of a Paramount+ subscription, this is better than just staring at a blank wall.

Oct 19, 2022

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

The film’s modest facade proves a smoke screen for a rich and eventful ride; one plot development in particular hits with such surprise that it catches the audience far more unawares than the characters.

Oct 7, 2022

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

A surprising science fiction thriller that serves original twists you won’t see coming.

Oct 14, 2023

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Matt Pais

MattPais.com

Simply not enough in nearly every category.

Rated: C

Jun 20, 2023

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Dave Golder

Radio Times

Those who make it through the interminable first 45 minutes are unlikely to care who kills whom in the climactic face-off.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 9, 2022

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The lead performances were more than acceptable, and really the only thing worth mentioning in this very slow burn thriller that goes so unexpectedly off the rails is in the third act. It's a typical trauma backstory with no real breakthrough or meaning. Nice and short though. Still a good one-time watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Manda D

This movie goes on a bizarrely silly direction that tries too hard. It starts off strong but doesn't know what to do with itself. I don't know if it was supposed to be a comedy sci fi thriller or not but I did laugh out loud several times.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/01/25

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Audience Member

OMG, the script is really bad. It's lame and cheesy. It's like a bad '90s scifi

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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JIMSTER I

Unsettling and Awkward moments fill your nerves with mesmerizing thoughts provocatively capturing your attention to dark and twisted interests. An edge-of-your-heart pulse-pounding exquisite sensation.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/04/25

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JERRY G

I put this movie on for my wheelchair bound grandma, it was so bad she got out her wheelchair for the first time in 30 years to turn the tv off.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Rob W

Liked the first 40 or so minutes and then it turned into this really stupid SciFi alien battle. Meh.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Dan Berk

Director

Robert Olsen

Director

Maika Monroe

Ruth

Jake Lacy

Harry

Matthew Yang King

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Dana Green

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Synopsis

SIGNIFICANT OTHER follows a young couple, Harry (Jake Lacy, "White Lotus") and Ruth (Maika Monroe, "It Follows"), who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.

Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Producer: Dan Kagan
Screenwriter: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Production Co: Paramount Players, Quay Street Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2022
Runtime: 1h 24m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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