Synopsis
After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle. But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle's gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him.
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Cast
- Ilana GlazerLucia "Lucy" Martin
- Justin TherouxAdrian Martin
- Pierce BrosnanDr. John Hindle
- Zainab JahGrace Singleton
- Gretchen MolDawn
- Sophia BushCorgan
- Josh HamiltonGreg
- Kelly AuCoinDirk
- Lucy WaltersMarcy
- Sabina GadeckiRita
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
While False Positive has lapses in logic and could have a quicker pace in the second half, it fully embraces a bizarre sense of the macabre that is irresistible. - 70
Screen Daily
A sharp screenplay and strong performances give this life as a watchable thriller, rather than just a mere pastiche. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Lee, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glazer and was a frequent Broad City collaborator, doesn’t quite sustain that bold stylistic stamp, even if the perturbing intimacy and insidious angles of the visuals go a long way toward masking the uneven tone. - 67
The A.V. Club
Glazer and Lee both work primarily in comedy, but the commentary here is drier and more serious, producing knowing nods instead of outright laughter. - 67
The Playlist
The climax is entertaining and crazy but not necessarily as satisfying as it hopes to be. Still, for all its flaws and inability to deliver in the end, False Positive is a captivating take on the misrepresentation of the pregnancy “glow.” - 60
TheWrap
There are ominously edited portents and a score that starts at fever pitch and rarely pulls back. But the frayed strands of the horror plot feel hastily woven together, and underwhelming when all is revealed. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Lee (who directed episodes of “Broad City”) and Glazer swerve from comedy to horror, using the genre as a vehicle for social commentary about modern motherhood, misogyny and manipulation. False Positive is Glazer’s “Get Out,” which is a phrase you want to scream at her character, Lucy, over and over again. - 50
Slant Magazine
False Positive threads classic horror-film tropes with a woozy, partially comic sensibility but doesn’t fully commit to this approach.
