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Ick



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 1h 54m
Country: USA, UAE
Language: English
Genre Tags: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Plot Summary: Science teacher Hank's life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects a new student is his daughter, all while facing an alien threat in their town.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: Disappointing after the sublime madness of the director's previous "Detention." The hyper music video style does not suit this narrative and plows through too much exposition without any real character development. It calms down in the second half, but mostly because it's run out of steam at that point, and it's hard to care about anything or anyone. However, Brandon Routh is amazingly charming and elevates everything when he's on screen.


Outside Reviews:

Brian Tallerico
2 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

The biggest problem is that Kahn runs out of ideas before he runs out of lineless locals to decimate. So he starts repeating them to new 2000s tracks. Before it ends, "Ick" starts to feel cruel. Look at these idiots say dumb shit about the Ick and then get torn apart by that which they underestimated. We get it. Let's just bring on the Ick and end all this division. But with that kind of nihilism, "Ick" the movie has to land somewhere enlightening, and this one can't quite find a satisfying final note. Just watch "The Faculty" instead.