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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupBy concurrently threading the needle of both the hereafter and emotional breakthroughs for our characters, it can make the plot schematics feel too tidy in their construction, but the journey in finding how these elements fit together is never less than engrossing.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichBy turns resoundingly human and regretfully half-baked, the film wears its influences on its sleeve.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyUnfortunately, after its fine start, this brainy slice of provocative speculative fiction slowly but surely loosens its grip on audience involvement rather than increasing it.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonWhile the movie overdoes the plot twists and existential musings, The Discovery is a diverting head-trip whose reach far exceeds its grasp.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThough The Discovery starts out with a great premise, its mystery dissipates over a somewhat tepid course as the concept ultimately heads in a direction we’ve seen many times before, and depends overmuch on chemistry that fails to materialize between stars Jason Segel and Rooney Mara.
- 60The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe story stays intriguing for much of the way, but eventually things cease to make sense.
- 60Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeWhile the film is ambitious, with enough intrigue and uneasy moral quandaries to keep my attention rapt in the end it just doesn’t make the leap to the other side.
- 50The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodUnlike McDowell and Lader’s underrated 2014 comedic thriller “The One I Love” the most disappointing aspect of The Discovery is that it’s something of a bore. And when you find out what “The Discovery” really is you simply don’t care anymore.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThe final act is a pineal flooding of baffling explanations and twists. What’s worse is that there is very little drama underpinning it; by this late stage the collected characters are still stuck dredging up their backstories, doing little to propel the narrative forward.