The Front Room

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The Front Room

R

Released Sep 6, 2024

1h 34m

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Mystery & Thriller

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Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda (Brandy Norwood) after her mother-in-law (Kathryn Hunter) moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.

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The Front Room gets some mileage out of Kathryn Hunter's memorably grotesque turn as an in-law from hell, but the scatological scares in this family squabble are more off-putting than frightening.

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Patrick Sproull

Little White Lies

The Front Room is an entertaining, morbidly funny slice of perverse B-movie exploitation horror. In the best way, it feels like something Joan Crawford would have starred in the 60s.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 29, 2024

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Siddhant Adlakha

Empire Magazine

Kathryn Hunter elevates everything she’s in, which goes double for a film as limp and directionless as The Front Room, the directorial debut of Max and Sam Eggers.

Oct 27, 2024

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

The perverse playfulness with which Hunter handles even the most grotesque scatological scenes fuels a disturbing yet stellar performance, one that’s far more memorable than the movie as a whole.

Sep 9, 2024

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

The emphasis on scatological gross-outs and Solange's repugnant behaviour makes it the definition of a "tough watch", with some surreal dream sequences adding to the air of unpleasantness.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 11, 2025

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

"The Front Room" is a banal, watered-down version of "Rosemary's Baby"

Rated: 2/4

Jan 25, 2025

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John Serba

Decider

In spite of its high blecch factor, it's kinda hard not to like The Front Room for being amusingly deranged.

Jan 6, 2025

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Eric AM

A trippy and sometimes relatable dark comedy/psychological thriller that dragged just a tiny bit here and there but was overall a very original concept. The actor who played the overbearing religious stepmother did an excellent job transforming into a genuinely creepy figure despite being elderly and mostly unable to perform any remotely strenuous physical acts. Absolutely loved the ending too.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Beatrice L

This movie was crazy! Brandy was outstanding!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Kera W

The Front Room demonstrates the true horrors of relationship, in-laws, and giving birth, but the execution of the film was not fully completed with exploitation of elderly with no real payoff.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Sterling

Very fun campy dark comedy psychological “horror” film! Kathryn Hunter is amazing in the film & Brandy & Andrew Burnap are delightful!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/16/24

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Brandon

Overall a waste of money and time

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Jamila

Really gooey body fluid. Humor or thrill/ fear? There was no clear definition.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Synopsis

Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda (Brandy Norwood) after her mother-in-law (Kathryn Hunter) moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.

Director: Max Eggers, Sam Eggers
Producer: Babak Anvari, David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Lucan Toh
Screenwriter: Max Eggers, Sam Eggers
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Two & Two Pictures, 2AM
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 6, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.5M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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