Would You Rather

Synopsis

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather" hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

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The Hollywood Reporter
You'll never play the titular parlor game again after watching Would You Rather, director David Guy Levy’s clever exercise in torture porn that manages to display as much restraint as genuine sickness.
50
Observer
It reminded me of everything from "Ten Little Indians" to a low-budget take on Neil Simon’s "Murder by Death" without the laughs. It’s diverting for people who love games, but not for the squeamish.
50
Village Voice
Would You Rather verges on genuine intrigue at times, but it's ultimately just a slasher without the gore.
42
The Playlist
Unfortunately, Would You Rather is content with being a risible borderline torture porn horror film.
40
Los Angeles Times
Though assured in execution and not without a few moments of genuine tension — mainly emanating from Combs' flinty weirdness — Would You Rather is hardly a most dangerous game night at the movies.
25
The A.V. Club
Would You Rather has one major asset in an appropriately gothic, larger-than-life performance by Jeffrey Combs, the great, chameleon-like character actor best known for playing a mad scientist in "Re-Animator."
25
Slant Magazine
A shrill Indiewood torture porn that, despite promised shocks and revulsions, doesn't even have the conviction to hold its camera on the story's most appalling twists.
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New York Daily News
With a bit less grisliness, it could have been a mystery dinner-theater performance.