70
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83ConsequenceDan CaffreyConsequenceDan CaffreyIt helps that Hilditch has Jane in the central role. Along with Carla Gugino’s turn in Gerald’s Game, Netflix has two of the strongest performances in any King adaptation to date.
- 83The PlaylistAndrew CrumpThe PlaylistAndrew Crump1922 is a ghastly slow burner, not the kind where nothing happens until the last ten minutes, but rather the kind that layers minor incident upon minor incident until they tally up to something major.
- 77The VergeTasha RobinsonThe VergeTasha RobinsonAt its best, it’s a reminder that King’s biggest strengths lie in his unparalleled ability to build tension, create atmosphere, and tell a direct and brutal story, not in his ability to launch profitable many-branched franchises.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenZak Hilditch's 1922 informs Steven King's pulp feminism with primordial, biblically ugly force.
- 65TheWrapTodd GilchristTheWrapTodd GilchristZak Hilditch’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella of the same name feels overlong or maybe underfed, fleshing out the character’s mental deterioration in handsome but unsurprising detail.
- 62IGNWilliam BibbianiIGNWilliam BibbianiA decently made but unsurprising thriller.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoA movie that veers off the track of slow burn into turgid pacing a few too many times to be entirely effective.