Sweetheart

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Sweetheart

PG-13

2019

1h 22m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island must fend off a malevolent force that surfaces each night.

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Critics Consensus

Carried by Kiersey Clemons' performance, Sweetheart balances smart subtext and social commentary against effective genre thrills.

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Todd Gilchrist

TheWrap

Not only fully delivers the conventions of genre and storytelling that audiences expect from the film's premise, but it also elevates and refines them to a sharp point.

Sep 27, 2019

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

A lean creature feature that could have used just a little extra meat on its bones.

Rated: B-

Sep 25, 2019

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Not quite original or stylish enough to be memorable.

Feb 12, 2019

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Ian Bunting

Daily Record (UK)

Dillard and co-writers Alex Hyner and Alex Theurer’s script cleverly turns expected tropes on their head and refuses to burden Jenn with the type of dumb decision making to inflict many a horror heroine.

Mar 5, 2025

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Brandon Stanwyck

InSession Film

The film itself could've used more of an edge. Because once you carve out the lead performance and the central theme, Sweetheart is just your run-of-the-mill-sole-survivor-stranded-on-a-deserted-island-fending-off-a-carnivorous-aquatic-monster movie.

Rated: B-

Nov 5, 2024

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

In many ways, Sweetheart is a very simple but effective story; a gorgeously shot creature-feature-survival-horror that does a lot with a little, elevates the genre, while also building sustainable tension around a terrific lead.

Apr 20, 2022

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Eric H

Bad acting, bad cgi and the ending is just stupid.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/15/25

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Spike D

The interpersonal drama muddies the water, so to speak, in this otherwise well-shot and suspenseful creature feature.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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Joey B

What a rubbish B grade movie. Acting poor, plot boring, monster completely pathetic. Someone has paid these “expert critics” to boost this nonsense.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/30/24

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Audience Member

Bad character design good movie. It was nice to have less cg than usual though

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/01/24

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Gaming U

Fantastic monster film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/24

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Nope N

There's not enough alcohol on earth to convince me this is a good film. RT got this way, way wrong. Each character must be horribly stupid to move the plot forward. The best part of the film were sans dialogue. Freaking awful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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J.D. Dillard

Director

Emory Cohen

Lucas

Kiersey Clemons

Jenn

Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Mia

J.D. Dillard

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Alex Hyner

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Synopsis

A shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island must fend off a malevolent force that surfaces each night.

Director: J.D. Dillard
Producer: Jason Blum, Alex Hyner, Bill Karesh, Alex Theurer
Screenwriter: J.D. Dillard, Alex Hyner, Alex Theurer
Production Co: Blumhouse Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Bloody Images|Creature Violence|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2019
Runtime: 1h 22m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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