Unfriended

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Unfriended

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Released Apr 17, 2015

1h 23m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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One night, while teenagers Blaire, Mitch, Jess, Adam Ken and Val take part in an online group chat session, they are suddenly joined by a user known only as "Billie227." Thinking it's just a technical glitch, the friends carry on their conversation... until Blaire begins receiving messages from someone claiming to be Laura Barns, a classmate who killed herself exactly one year prior. As Blaire tries to expose Billie's identity, her friends are forced to confront their darkest secrets and lies.

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Critics Consensus

Unfriended subverts found-footage horror clichés to deliver a surprisingly scary entry in the teen slasher genre with a technological twist.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

ABC News (Australia)

The centrality of the laptop screen in Unfriended has been identified by some critics as a new or experimental take on found footage horror, but this is not the first film to use this idea.

Aug 27, 2018

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Alex Abad-Santos

Vox

As silly as the premise might sound, Unfriended is actually a surprisingly clever movie. It's far smarter and meaner than it looks.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 14, 2015

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

It's a premise that seems ridiculous until you start to realize it might actually be brilliant, or at least charmingly clever.

Nov 10, 2015

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

An effective and ambitious interpretation of what it means to grow up with and live on the internet.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 17, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Meant as an attack on cyberbullying, this body count movie loses any hope of a meaningful social commentary just around the time a possessed blender frappés a teen.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 21, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Puts very real seeming (although slightly hysterical) teens in an unreal situation. As the stakes rise so do the emotions, so parents, be warned that you may be as horrified by the language as you are by the thrills and chills.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 3, 2021

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P C

It's worth a watch while it's still on Netflix. You'll probably get very frustrated by the selfishness that occurs again and again. It is that way by design. A group of friends who are unable to admit to the horrors they've committed. Those who seem the most innocent, are the ones who are the most guilty.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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Roger M F

I don't understand why this movie has such low reviews from the audience. It's the year 2024 and I still find myself going back to this movie once in a while. I absolutely love it. It's not your typical horror movie. It takes a different approach by having a virtual set up but it's very well done.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Millie R

A laptop screen filled with equally unlikeable characters who have all done wrong and won't own up to it even with lives on the line - I liked the idea of this but it could've been executed way better.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Andrew F

Unfortunately I can't give this a zero as this is honestly the worst movie I've ever paid to see. Static screen full of unlikeable and uncharacteristic characters full of actors who can't act working from a terrible script that called for some improvised lines.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Audience Member

I was always curious about watching this movie since the plot seemed unique and creative with our society now being in an highly technological internet age. Shelley Hennig specifically gave a really good performance and throughout this movie’s run time, I was hooked and interested. What a dark and creepy premise/story and what a way to go about it. Twists and reveals throughout really kept me on my toes. Sure there are some very impractical things and some things that don’t make much sense at all, but it is a movie after all and it is a bit more explainable for what the film has you believe with its plot devices by the end. This movie delivered with how I expected it to! Very underrated indeed!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Jerry T

"UNFRIEND" I was hoping for a more offbeat story, but in the end the main character turned out to be responsible for her friend's death. #2

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Synopsis

One night, while teenagers Blaire, Mitch, Jess, Adam Ken and Val take part in an online group chat session, they are suddenly joined by a user known only as "Billie227." Thinking it's just a technical glitch, the friends carry on their conversation... until Blaire begins receiving messages from someone claiming to be Laura Barns, a classmate who killed herself exactly one year prior. As Blaire tries to expose Billie's identity, her friends are forced to confront their darkest secrets and lies.

Director: Levan Gabriadze
Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Nelson Greaves
Screenwriter: Nelson Greaves
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Bazelevs Production
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug and Alcohol Use by Teens|Some Sexuality|Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 17, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.4M
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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