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Movie ID: 1466
RT slug: foe_2023
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foe_2023
Release year: 2023
Runtime: 110 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: 2023-10-06
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2023-11-07
Tomatometer final: 25%
Audience score final: 53%
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Directors: Garth Davis
Writers: Garth Davis, Iain Reid
Producers: Emile Sherman, Garth Davis, Iain Canning, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-10-13 20:02:32
Updated: 2026-10-13 20:02:32
Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in Foe, a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Based on best-selling author Iain Reid's novel, directed by Garth Davis, and co-written by Davis and Reid, Foe's mesmerizing imagery and persistent questions about the nature of humanity (and artificial humanity) bring the not-too-distant future to luminous life.
Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan give it all they've got, but they're ultimately undone by Foe's clunky sci-fi trappings and ponderous attempts to generate psychological thrills.
Canonical reviews: 118
Canonical fresh: 29
Canonical rotten: 89
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 118 (29/89), 25% (24.576% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-13 16:23:41
Snapshot Tomatometer: 25%
Snapshot review count: 118
Snapshot fresh count: 29
Snapshot rotten count: 89
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| Amazon Studios | distributor |
| Anonymous Content | production |
| I Am That | production |
| See-Saw Films | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Saoirse Ronan | Henrietta |
| 2 | Paul Mescal | Junior |
| 3 | Aaron Pierre | Terrance |
| 4 | Yesse Spence | Study Technician |
| 5 | Tanith Martin | Outermore Nurse |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
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| 288067 | Clotilde Chinnici | Movie Marker | Rotten | 2/5 | 2025-07-27T14:33:30.000Z | 2025-07-27 14:33:30 | Foe is frustrating at best and insignificant at worst. I wish the film could have given us more and delved deeper into the fascinating themes it sets out to explore. |
| 288068 | Sammie Purcell | Rough Draft Atlanta | Rotten | — | 2025-07-22T21:04:36.000Z | 2025-07-22 21:04:36 | Davis is quite good at creating that atmosphere of mystery, but not capitalizing on it. “Foe” gives away the game almost immediately, losing focus as it aimlessly builds to a devastation that it can’t deliver on. |
| 288069 | Anna Hoang | Boston Hassle | Fresh | 3/5 | 2025-07-14T19:36:38.000Z | 2025-07-14 19:36:38 | Reid’s book might have pinned out the twists more clearly; the film seems to want you to press your palms to your cheeks in complete surprise when you find out what’s going on. |
| 288070 | Christina Newland | iNews.co.uk | Rotten | 2/5 | 2024-09-18T00:12:27.000Z | 2024-09-18 00:12:27 | Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are two of the finest young actors but Foe just doesn't give them their time to shine. |
| 288071 | Calum Cooper | In Their Own League | Rotten | 2/5 | 2024-07-19T22:14:37.000Z | 2024-07-19 22:14:37 | “Foe” wants to be a delicate look at how love is lost and eventually replaced, possibly by unorthodox stand-ins, but it’s a rather incurious sci-fi feature that squanders its themes and setup in favour of melodrama. |
| 288072 | Nelson Acosta | Koimoi | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2024-07-03T21:54:45.000Z | 2024-07-03 21:54:45 | Garth Davis directs two of the best and hottest young actors in the business, but he cannot create chemistry between them, which deflates the film's romantic vein. |
| 288073 | Sarah Vincent | Sarah G Vincent Views | Fresh | — | 2024-05-11T19:15:39.000Z | 2024-05-11 19:15:39 | The story feels like a prequel for “Blade Runner” (1982) meets “The Stepford Wives” (1975) except no human beings were harmed in the making of this film. |
| 288074 | Luke Goodsell | ABC News (Australia) | Rotten | — | 2024-04-10T23:38:10.000Z | 2024-04-10 23:38:10 | A film bravely, and admirably, committed to the kind of big emotional swing that unfortunately proves to be its undoing. |
| 288075 | Robert Levin | Newsday | Rotten | 1/4 | 2024-02-16T18:30:30.000Z | 2024-02-16 18:30:30 | It's suffocating to the point where you're as desperate for an escape from this scorched Earth misery as these characters. |
| 288076 | Ruth Maramis | FlixChatter Film Blog | Fresh | 3/5 | 2024-01-21T22:20:42.000Z | 2024-01-21 22:20:42 | The slow-pace can be frustrating to those looking for more action in their sci-fi, but what you'll find is astute, nuanced performances from two leads, especially Ronan. |
| 288077 | Craig Mathieson | The Age (Australia) | Rotten | — | 2024-01-17T01:11:52.000Z | 2024-01-17 01:11:52 | These scenes from a marriage are sometimes evocative, but they don’t tie together. |
| 288078 | Enrique Abenia | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2024-01-10T22:12:08.000Z | 2024-01-10 22:12:08 | A story with a particularity that, although it exposes aspects of science fiction, in essence it is a marital drama. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 288079 | Rob Thomas | Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2024-01-06T13:52:59.000Z | 2024-01-06 13:52:59 | Everybody starts acting very strangely, there are spittle-flying arguments and sweaty sex scenes, and none of it makes much sense until the big reveal, when it makes even less sense. |
| 288080 | Romey Norton | Ready Steady Cut | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2024-01-05T22:55:21.000Z | 2024-01-05 22:55:21 | You’d think a robotic replacement for a husband could be a fun and intriguing look into a possible future — with AI taking over and all that. However, not even Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal can save this low-key and weak script. |
| 288081 | Abhishek Srivastava | The Times of India | Rotten | 2/5 | 2024-01-05T22:34:36.000Z | 2024-01-05 22:34:36 | It's a monotonous experience that leaves you wondering why this film was made in the first place. Steer clear of this dull film. |
| 288082 | John Serba | Decider | Rotten | — | 2024-01-05T22:13:20.000Z | 2024-01-05 22:13:20 | Foe tries to be a head trip, but ends up being a head scratcher. |
| 288083 | Stephen A. Russell | ABC News (Australia) | Fresh | — | 2024-01-04T01:17:39.000Z | 2024-01-04 01:17:39 | 3.5 Thorny moral dilemmas intrigue. |
| 288084 | Mark Meszoros | The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2023-11-30T15:54:33.000Z | 2023-11-30 15:54:33 | When Foe is finished — when fires both figurative and literal have been extinguished and we know (or at least think we know) what has become of Hen and Junior — we’re simply left wanting more from the experience. |
| 288085 | Savina Petkova | A Good Movie To Watch | Fresh | 75/100 | 2023-11-23T23:56:19.000Z | 2023-11-23 23:56:19 | There is no telling where Foe will take you, but it will be a long, hard fall; either to the pits of despair or desire, ambivalence galore |
| 288086 | Jane Freebury | The Canberra Times (Australia) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-11-20T23:37:39.000Z | 2023-11-20 23:37:39 | An unsettling combination of sci-fi, horror and intimate drama that is evoked by two terrific young actors and enhanced by lovely work on camera, but the big picture concerns the narrative explores needed strengthening at the writing stage |
| 288087 | KT Mahe | For Your Reference Podcast | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2023-11-14T21:53:02.000Z | 2023-11-14 21:53:02 | Foe initially presented as a sc-fi but settled into a relationship film where we meet the couple at the fragmented stage. The singular focus was its weakness but the strong performances are without question. |
| 288088 | John McDonald | Australian Financial Review | Rotten | — | 2023-11-13T11:58:15.000Z | 2023-11-13 11:58:15 | There was potentially an engaging film in this material, but the fuse burns slowly from start to finish, and nothing ever goes bang. |
| 288089 | David Stratton | The Australian | Rotten | 3/5 | 2023-11-07T00:39:31.000Z | 2023-11-07 00:39:31 | Overall, the film must be counted as a disappointment, though there are interesting elements to this futuristic drama. |
| 288090 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-11-01T22:51:48.000Z | 2023-11-01 22:51:48 | Foe takes an eternity to arrive at the most obvious developments that will arise from such a concept. The actors try hard throughout, but the movie gives up the ghost way too early. |
| 288091 | Gustavo Herrera Taboada | Cinencuentro | Rotten | — | 2023-11-01T16:37:59.000Z | 2023-11-01 16:37:59 | Although Davis obtains notable powerful performances from his leading duo, the experiment sadly turns out to be insipid, confusing and unnecessary, and a real scam as futuristic cinema. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 288092 | Christy Lemire | FilmWeek (LAist) | Rotten | — | 2023-11-01T00:19:40.000Z | 2023-11-01 00:19:40 | A literal and figurative hot mess. |
| 288093 | Robert Denerstein | Denerstein Unleashed | Rotten | — | 2023-10-27T22:44:58.000Z | 2023-10-27 22:44:58 | Foe tries to go deep but only half succeeds. It’s like a replicant of an art movie, almost convincing, but never quite hitting the thematic high notes that could have lifted it from the grey zone... |
| 288094 | Keith Uhlich | (All (Parentheses)) (Substack) | Rotten | — | 2023-10-27T00:57:33.000Z | 2023-10-27 00:57:33 | I liked the part where clone Paul Mescal gets shrink-wrapped. |
| 288095 | Cat Woods | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Rotten | — | 2023-10-27T00:26:21.000Z | 2023-10-27 00:26:21 | Not since 2015’s By the Sea have we seen such an epic waste of acting talent in what could, and should, have been a captivating portrait of a marriage in disintegration. Foe is tedious. |
| 288096 | Brian Orndorf | Blu-ray.com | Rotten | D | 2023-10-25T23:53:38.000Z | 2023-10-25 23:53:38 | “Foe” misfires in many ways, but it’s not an interesting failure, with Davis determined to transform the viewing experience into a grueling sit. |
| 288097 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Rotten | 3/5 | 2023-10-24T18:28:52.000Z | 2023-10-24 18:28:52 | Beautifully shot, this lightly futuristic romantic thriller centres tightly on three characters who are skilfully played with intense emotionality. But filmmaker Garth Davis tries to be tricky with a plot that simply doesn't hold water. |
| 288098 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2023-10-23T14:33:49.000Z | 2023-10-23 14:33:49 | While it’s frustrating that the film is overdependent on its structural puzzle, it's easy to appreciate how Ronan and Mescal set the screen ablaze. |
| 288099 | Rex Reed | Observer | Rotten | 1/4 | 2023-10-23T13:33:41.000Z | 2023-10-23 13:33:41 | The actors deserve a medal for babbling so much convoluted claptrap with a straight face. Written and directed by Garth Davis from a 2018 novel I never want to read by Iain Reid, Foe is not just a bad dream. It’s a colossal nightmare. |
| 288100 | Wendy Ide | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-22T13:09:11.000Z | 2023-10-22 13:09:11 | Mescal and Ronan are captivating: her watchful, raw-nerved longing; his stinging sense of betrayal. |
| 288101 | John Urbancich | JMuvies | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2023-10-21T14:24:19.000Z | 2023-10-21 14:24:19 | Joyless characters deliver endlessly pretentious babble. |
| 288102 | Chase Hutchinson | Collider | Rotten | C+ | 2023-10-20T21:01:46.000Z | 2023-10-20 21:01:46 | In keeping with the central theme of the film itself, you don’t want to entirely abandon it just because there is so much that is broken and needs to be fixed. The trouble is that it doesn't have the verve or the patience to rebuild something of its own. |
| 288103 | Katherine McLaughlin | SciFiNow | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-20T20:43:02.000Z | 2023-10-20 20:43:02 | Foe deals with prescient ideas concerning manipulation and freedom in compelling ways even if it doesn’t tie everything together satisfactorily. |
| 288104 | Demetrios Matheou | The Arts Desk | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-20T20:16:34.000Z | 2023-10-20 20:16:34 | Foe is a film that becomes stranger, richer, and more troubling the longer it goes on. All three actors admirably create an atmosphere of distrust and distress, with Mescal and Ronan especially excelling. |
| 288105 | Bill Goodykoontz | Arizona Republic | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-20T15:54:19.000Z | 2023-10-20 15:54:19 | It’s an A for effort. But it’s just not enough. |
| 288106 | Leila Latif | Little White Lies | Fresh | — | 2023-10-20T10:45:36.000Z | 2023-10-20 10:45:36 | 3 It’s hard not to admire a film that so determinedly zigs when you would expect it to zag. |
| 288107 | Ella Kemp | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-19T19:31:07.000Z | 2023-10-19 19:31:07 | An emotional, if familiar, take on loyalty and technology in a world where love and survival feel near-impossible. Reid’s writing shines and there’s nobody better than Mescal and Ronan to broadcast heartbreak. |
| 288108 | Danny Leigh | Financial Times | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-19T16:16:28.000Z | 2023-10-19 16:16:28 | Foe by name, faux by nature. |
| 288109 | MaryAnn Johanson | Flick Filosopher | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-19T14:45:35.000Z | 2023-10-19 14:45:35 | The young cast is mesmerizing, but all this dusty dystopia has is vibes and vague metaphors. It only just barely touches on the potential of its science-fiction ideas to explore the human condition. |
| 288110 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-18T22:04:38.000Z | 2023-10-18 22:04:38 | In the end, Garth Davis’s ambitious but rather stagey drama has the elliptical dullness of late period Terrence Malick, and squanders interesting ideas about science and our scary future by refusing to develop them. |
| 288111 | Joey Morona | Cleveland Plain Dealer | Rotten | — | 2023-10-18T14:55:53.000Z | 2023-10-18 14:55:53 | The twist is so sneaky, in fact, the film might require a second viewing to fully appreciate (detest?) the level of manipulation at work here. |
| 288112 | André Hereford | Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-17T03:51:41.000Z | 2023-10-17 03:51:41 | A fascinating premise running on just vibes and movie star charisma, the sci-fi drama 'Foe' barely registers a pulse. |
| 288113 | Dennis Harvey | 48 Hills | Rotten | — | 2023-10-16T21:31:30.000Z | 2023-10-16 21:31:30 | There’s a big twist towards the end here—but strangely it doesn’t really change the central dynamic, which is tediously atonal. We |
| 288114 | Cain Noble-Davies | FILMINK (Australia) | Rotten | 7/20 | 2023-10-15T06:10:54.000Z | 2023-10-15 06:10:54 | … a load of ho-hum hokum. |
| 288115 | Daniel M. Kimmel | North Shore Movies | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2023-10-14T20:12:46.000Z | 2023-10-14 20:12:46 | FOE turns out to have very little to do with the scant science fiction trappings of the story. Instead, it’s about how difficult it is for two married people to stay together. |
| 288116 | Don Shanahan | Every Movie Has a Lesson | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-14T16:43:16.000Z | 2023-10-14 16:43:16 | Playing off the very contemporaneous– dare I say trendy– topic of artificial intelligence going around in movies, the whole elevator pitch of "Foe" from Garth Davis paradoxically dangles both obviousness and intrigue. |
| 288117 | Julian Lytle | Geek Girl Riot / RIOTUS | Fresh | B | 2023-10-14T11:56:38.000Z | 2023-10-14 11:56:38 | For me, this was an enjoyable, intimate film and something I’d watch again. |
| 288118 | Radheyan Simonpillai | CTV's Your Morning | Fresh | — | 2023-10-13T19:07:49.000Z | 2023-10-13 19:07:49 | A sci-fi movie playing in the same sandbox as Blade Runner and Moon, Foe ultimately succeeds as a marriage story about tending to relationships like dying planets, and the people would just as soon abandon their duties to both of those things. |
| 288119 | Jason Flatt | But Why Tho? | Fresh | 6.5/10 | 2023-10-13T15:23:57.000Z | 2023-10-13 15:23:57 | There’s a lot of good in Foe. It’s full of incredibly interesting ideas and pulls great performances out of all three of its actors. But it’s trying to be too many things at once and in so doing prevents itself from totally fulfilling any of its promises. |
| 288120 | Emily Wheeler | Film Inquiry | Rotten | — | 2023-10-13T01:19:00.000Z | 2023-10-13 01:19:00 | Pushing this hard for intellect is just painful, and that is the lasting feeling of Foe. |
| 288121 | Howard Waldstein | CBR | Rotten | — | 2023-10-12T22:15:11.000Z | 2023-10-12 22:15:11 | Foe, starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, should be an event to celebrate. Instead, it's a sci-fi story that's been told a thousand times. |
| 288122 | Frank Swietek | One Guy's Opinion | Rotten | D | 2023-10-12T20:34:42.000Z | 2023-10-12 20:34:42 | A murky, pretentious bore, like a script for “The Twilight Zone” that Rod Serling would have tossed into the wastebasket...the level of expertise that’s been lavished on it...makes its abject failure all the more dispiriting. |
| 288123 | Mae Abdulbaki | Screen Rant | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-12T19:35:11.000Z | 2023-10-12 19:35:11 | Foe offers an intriguing take on marriage. It’s a slow burn & sometimes confusing film with an emotionally gutting twist that is worth it in the end. |
| 288124 | Leo Brady | AMovieGuy.com | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2023-10-12T18:06:00.000Z | 2023-10-12 18:06:00 | Foe fails to extract any true emotions, lacking in characters to care about, nor having clarity in what it’s trying to say about our future. |
| 288125 | Barry Hertz | Globe and Mail | Fresh | — | 2023-10-12T13:12:06.000Z | 2023-10-12 13:12:06 | There is an unshakable and electric hum to Foe that ensures director Garth Davis’s work will stay with audiences attuned to its distinct frequency for days, months, perhaps ages. |
| 288126 | Tanner Gordon | Spectrum Culture | Rotten | — | 2023-10-12T05:14:59.000Z | 2023-10-12 05:14:59 | Perhaps on paper, this story felt as stark and bleakly evocative as the forsaken world that surrounds its principal characters. On screen, it’s like a million things you’ve seen before. |
| 288127 | Danny Brogan | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-11T22:47:36.000Z | 2023-10-11 22:47:36 | Despite its big ideas about AI, climate change, and what the future holds for human existence, this sci-fi drama never manages to take off. |
| 288128 | Scott Nye | Battleship Pretension | Fresh | — | 2023-10-11T22:05:31.000Z | 2023-10-11 22:05:31 | Adapted from a novel by Iain Reid (who co-wrote the screenplay with Davis), it has the same sense of contained mystery as Charlie Kaufman’s adaptation of Reid’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things, albeit without the overt surrealism, humor, and media satire. |
| 288129 | Manuel São Bento | FandomWire | Rotten | D- | 2023-10-11T20:59:42.000Z | 2023-10-11 20:59:42 | Foe presents one of the messiest screenplays of the year, filled with incessant, unnecessary explanations, abruptly confusing time shifts, absurdly devoid of any impact, and a strange message about the superiority of AI in human intimate relationships. |
| 288130 | Kyle Logan | ScreenAnarchy | Rotten | — | 2023-10-11T20:05:37.000Z | 2023-10-11 20:05:37 | At best, it’s a failed adaptation of a successful novel, a medium that better serves esoteric monologues and blatant symbolism, that throws the book’s ideas at the screen without ensuring they’re properly couched in an emotionally compelling narrative. |
| 288131 | Hamish Macbain | London Evening Standard | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-11T18:58:42.000Z | 2023-10-11 18:58:42 | Davis, though, is shooting for something far grander: a kind of claustrophobic, The Shining-style psychological horror. Sadly he has neither the script nor the imagination to do this. |
| 288132 | Robbie Collin | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Rotten | 3/5 | 2023-10-11T18:37:36.000Z | 2023-10-11 18:37:36 | ... The thinness of its plot leaves the film itself feeling somewhat like another’s blank-slate doppelgänger: the mood persuades, but sci-fi cannot live by vibes alone. |
| 288133 | Jim Slotek | Original Cin | Rotten | — | 2023-10-11T18:28:10.000Z | 2023-10-11 18:28:10 | C-plus Foe is less a sci-fi film than a three-character psychological suspense play with deceit. Director Garth Davis (Lion) doesn’t mix up the moods all that well, though Ronan and Mescal are believable as a not-quite-compatible but still loving couple. |
| 288134 | Randy Myers | San Jose Mercury News | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2023-10-11T17:34:53.000Z | 2023-10-11 17:34:53 | A production that unfortunately squanders the talents of Mescal and Ronan and its gorgeous production values. |
| 288135 | Michael O'Sullivan | Washington Post | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2023-10-11T16:39:16.000Z | 2023-10-11 16:39:16 | The whole thing plays like a post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick directed by Terrence Malick: all talk bordering on pretentious poetry and close-ups of body parts. |
| 288136 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2023-10-11T16:29:27.000Z | 2023-10-11 16:29:27 | [Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan] give us the lot: tenderness and jealousy, joy and devastation, agonised silences and scorching sex scenes. |
| 288137 | Ed Potton | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2023-10-11T16:17:45.000Z | 2023-10-11 16:17:45 | We’ve had robo-doppelgänger and bleak futurescapes before but it’s Mescal and Ronan who make this story sing. |
| 288138 | Linda and Al Lerner | Movies and Shakers | Rotten | — | 2023-10-11T16:01:07.000Z | 2023-10-11 16:01:07 | AI in a dystopian rural America couldn’t be a more current subject. Despite the subject matter and setting, even Saoirse Ronan with Paul Mescal, committed as they are in the lead as a devoted couple, can’t save this confusing film. |
| 288139 | Travis Hopson | Punch Drunk Critics | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-11T10:01:36.000Z | 2023-10-11 10:01:36 | With lush visuals and performances just as thriving, any shortcomings can be forgiven for a sci-fi romance that has its heart in the right place. |
| 288140 | Morgan Rojas | Cinemacy | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2023-10-10T19:58:48.000Z | 2023-10-10 19:58:48 | Is Foe overly self-indulgent and clunky? Sure. Love can be like that sometimes. For better or worse, Foe is a dystopian and dysfunctional love story for our modern times. |
| 288141 | Katie Smith-Wong | Flick Feast | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-10T18:48:57.000Z | 2023-10-10 18:48:57 | Overall, Foe feels like a letdown by taking a promising premise and its talented cast and creating a misguided romance amid a hollow thriller. Ronan, Mescal and Pierre save this from being a disaster - but deserve better. |
| 288142 | Nadine Whitney | AWFJ.org | Rotten | 1/5 | 2023-10-10T14:50:34.000Z | 2023-10-10 14:50:34 | Foe is a misfire in almost every aspect and both numbingly dull and ridiculously obvious. |
| 288143 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | Rotten | 2/4 | 2023-10-09T21:23:14.000Z | 2023-10-09 21:23:14 | I believed Ronan and Pescal as two people bound up in love, shared history and torment. As much as I was as glad as anybody when “Foe” finally ended, those two unhappy people have stayed with me. |
| 288144 | Alci Rengifo | Entertainment Voice | Rotten | — | 2023-10-09T17:47:33.000Z | 2023-10-09 17:47:33 | Foe should be peering into the future instead of being distracted by domestic woes better explored in films not pretending to be about something else. |
| 288145 | Tara Bennett | Paste Magazine | Rotten | 5.5/10 | 2023-10-09T15:12:21.000Z | 2023-10-09 15:12:21 | What was once haunting and unsettling on the book page has not, in more overt staging, translated well to the screen. |
| 288146 | Lena Wilson | IGN | Rotten | 4/10 | 2023-10-06T23:00:48.000Z | 2023-10-06 23:00:48 | Despite a capable cast and crew, Foe is a muddled mess that feels more like Black Mirror Lite than powerful sci-fi commentary. |
| 288147 | Murjani Rawls | Draftkings Nation | Rotten | — | 2023-10-06T22:17:46.000Z | 2023-10-06 22:17:46 | The saying is three’s a crowd, and that’s precisely what it feels like in this particular narrative. |
| 288148 | Alonso Duralde | Breakfast All Day | Rotten | 4/10 | 2023-10-06T21:35:30.000Z | 2023-10-06 21:35:30 | This is a big letdown. |
| 288149 | Matthew Eng | Reverse Shot | Rotten | — | 2023-10-06T21:32:03.000Z | 2023-10-06 21:32:03 | [A] cumbersome film, whose feints at fun and friskiness are unnervingly forced. |
| 288150 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2023-10-06T19:41:11.000Z | 2023-10-06 19:41:11 | ... bogs down in clumsy symbolism and heavy-handed melodrama as it funnels toward its big twist, becoming more tedious than provocative. |
| 288151 | Katie Walsh | Los Angeles Times | Rotten | — | 2023-10-06T19:03:32.000Z | 2023-10-06 19:03:32 | [Mescal] and Ronan make for a pretty picture, but there’s simply nothing going on beneath the surface. |
| 288152 | Peter Travers | ABC News | Rotten | — | 2023-10-06T13:20:48.000Z | 2023-10-06 13:20:48 | With everything going for this dystopian thriller about humans being replaced by replicants, including two hottie Irish Oscar nominees in Saorise Ronan and Paul Mescal as young marrieds in crisis, this sci-fi misfire hits theaters as an epic botch job. |
| 288153 | Lex Briscuso | TheWrap | Fresh | — | 2023-10-05T22:47:48.000Z | 2023-10-05 22:47:48 | “Foe” is a unique look at the age-old tragedy of a failing marriage and what happens when love isn’t enough to save everything. |
| 288154 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Rotten | 2/5 | 2023-10-05T20:18:54.000Z | 2023-10-05 20:18:54 | Garth Davis spends a tediously painful amount of time trying to trick and confuse audiences when there are far more compelling elements to address and delve into |
| 288155 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | Rotten | — | 2023-10-05T19:17:53.000Z | 2023-10-05 19:17:53 | Foe knows the tale it wants to tell. But because of the often mannered, occasionally stagy way that it ends up telling it, this is a movie that has a tendency to be its own worst enemy. |
| 288156 | Ben Kenigsberg | New York Times | Rotten | — | 2023-10-05T11:27:55.000Z | 2023-10-05 11:27:55 | What begins as a sleek, science-fiction-tinged mystery leaves little more than a cloud of dust. |
| 288157 | Andrew Dignan | In Review Online | Rotten | — | 2023-10-04T19:47:52.000Z | 2023-10-04 19:47:52 | It’s a would-be thought-starter about the nature of love and the soul that inspires no thought and a romance that stirs no passion despite near-constant onscreen lovemaking. |
| 288158 | Kevin L. Lee | Film Inquiry | Rotten | — | 2023-10-04T19:12:31.000Z | 2023-10-04 19:12:31 | It’s the quintessential example of a movie completely built around its twist, thus forcing the script to withhold information from the audience until it’s time for the big reveal. |
| 288159 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Rotten | C+ | 2023-10-03T20:48:46.000Z | 2023-10-03 20:48:46 | Ronan and Mescal do not stint on their respective talents for digging deep emotionally, but the film about a disintegrating marriage is wrapped within a clunky sci-fi shell which distracts more than it illuminates. |
| 288160 | Witney Seibold | Slashfilm | Rotten | 4/10 | 2023-10-03T18:15:45.000Z | 2023-10-03 18:15:45 | A turgid sci-fi mope-fest. |
| 288161 | Avi Offer | NYC Movie Guru | Rotten | — | 2023-10-03T04:57:07.000Z | 2023-10-03 04:57:07 | Lackluster, undercooked and vapid despite fine performances and exquisite cinematography. |
| 288162 | Hoai-Tran Bui | Inverse | Rotten | — | 2023-10-03T02:21:57.000Z | 2023-10-03 02:21:57 | Davis’ attempts at psychological thrills only turn melodramatic, while his attempts at tapping into deeper philosophical and ethical questions come off as baffling. |
| 288163 | Caryn James | BBC.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-10-02T22:53:21.000Z | 2023-10-02 22:53:21 | Foe plays to the strengths of its actors, two of the most natural and subtle on screen, and is endlessly engaging even though it eventually stumbles into head-spinning narrative problems. |
| 288164 | Kaveh Jalinous | Under the Radar | Rotten | 4/10 | 2023-10-02T20:06:01.000Z | 2023-10-02 20:06:01 | Foe must be what happens when you build a movie around a plot twist. It’s the only way to explain how this soft science-fiction story goes from dreadfully boring to painfully baffling within its last twenty minutes. |
| 288165 | Monica Castillo | RogerEbert.com | Rotten | 1/4 | 2023-10-02T16:46:28.000Z | 2023-10-02 16:46:28 | “Foe” stumbles rather spectacularly by leaning more on melodrama than logic and choosing cliche over originality. |
| 288166 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Rotten | C+ | 2023-10-02T12:45:14.000Z | 2023-10-02 12:45:14 | Dull futuristic sci-fi film. |
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