Synopsis
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Taissa FarmigaMax Cartwright
- Malin ÅkermanNancy / Amanda Cartwright
- Nina DobrevVicki Summers
- Alexander LudwigChris Briggs
- Adam DevineKurt
- Thomas MiddleditchDuncan
- Alia ShawkatGertie Michaels
- Chloe BridgesPaula
- Angela TrimburTina
- Tory N. ThompsonBlake
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
The heart of this mostly bloodless picture is Max's relationship with her mother's film character, and there are some genuinely touching moments about grieving and the acceptance of loss. - 70
Arizona Republic
Todd Strauss-Schulson’s meta send-up of ’80s sex-equals-death slasher movies keeps its goofy good humor throughout, and tosses in a little almost-genuine feeling into the mix for good measure. - 70
Los Angeles Times
A playful deconstruction of the slasher film that ultimately packs a surprisingly affecting punch. - 70
The New York Times
A horror comedy that proves that with the right actors you can make an amusing movie even if a lot of your ideas are borrowed. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Both Farmiga and Akerman emotionally connect in the film, which culminates in an ultimate act of maternal sacrifice more moving than you might imagine. Finally! A slasher movie with both brains and heart, both intact. - 63
Slant Magazine
It lobs a grenade at slasher-movie sadism by making us care about the characters as more than just body-bag fodder. - 63
Washington Post
Simultaneously violent and droll, The Final Girls is a way to have your blood-soaked cake and eat it, too. - 60
Variety
The concept carries The Final Girls cheerfully past some dry stretches, and the actors are clearly enjoying themselves, with Farmiga the only representative of humorlessness in what is admittedly the sole sincerity-load-bearing role.
