THE
FINAL GIRLS


Feature / SONY

Starring
Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Nina Dobrev
Alia Shawkat, Adam Devine, Thomas Middleditch
“The Final Girls is really great, a sweet horror movie that winds up feeling like Moonrise Kingdom.”
-Stephen King

Certified Fresh!
Best of the Year
“His sophomore feature is a sharp, wickedly funny, highly effective and an unexpectedly heartfelt homage.”
- “The final showdown is a thing of beauty and there are some genuinely touching moments about grieving and the acceptance of loss.”
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“The Final Girls is a playful deconstruction that ultimately packs a surprisingly affecting punch… in addition to pop culture irreverence, it provides some unexpectedly touching closure.”-
It’s a highly stylized piece and there’s absolutely no way it would have worked as well had director Todd Strauss-Schulson not had such a firm handle on the visuals and tone of the film.”
-“Strauss-Schulson’s mind must be a beautiful thing, because The Final Girls glistens in a sparkly, creative light that’s so vibrantly appealing. Strauss-Schulson’s vision comes to life like a work of art... Akerman’s showdown provides the perfect snapshot of a young, talented filmmaker whose passion is poured into every single frame.”
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“Todd Strauss-Schulson’s film is built on personal trauma and he takes his characters seriously, which adds surprising weight to the film’s comic playfulness... The most subversive aspect of The Final Girls is the grenade it lobs at the sadism inherent in the slasher genre by managing to make us care about these two women as more than just body-bag fodder.”-“It’s meta, it’s clever, it’s heartfelt, and it’s awesome… I saw it on opening night and after leaving the theater, my first thought was, ‘This is one hell of a film. Godspeed to the rest of the movies here to try and top this firecracker…’ The Final Girls is a crowd-pleaser. It’s is the most fun I’ve ever had at a festival screening and I want to see it again and again. It was so hard to hear the dialogue at times from everyone laughed so loud, so hard. This is movie is pop madness.”
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“The Final Girls is more than just a brilliant high-concept setup — it’s also a surprisingly sweet look at grief, moving forward and the things we sacrifice for those we love. Director Todd Strauss-Schulson shows genuine affection for the genre and its characters, and he brings that heart along with a gleeful sense of humor and real creativity…“
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