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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 89Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleClever, dynamic, and full of little touches of world-building that will drive science-fiction fans wild, Prospect is destined to land on every list of underrated genre films for years to come, long after it has ceased being any semblance of underrated. Stay one step ahead of the curve and see it.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleProspect has a lived-in, working-class vibe at odds with so much of the gleaming, brave new world that is the science-fiction cliché.
- 72The VergeBryan BishopThe VergeBryan BishopThe film hinges on Sophie Thatcher’s performance as Cee. In her feature-film debut, she brings a combination of determination and youthful naïveté to her performance that is essential to the entire movie working.
- 70Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayPerhaps the best use of Caldwell and Earl’s limited budget is their cast, which also includes Andre Royo and Anwan Glover as dangerous men. They help keep “Prospect” from becoming a gimmicky mash-up and make it more a study of real people just trying to get by far from civilization.
- 67The PlaylistJordan RuimyThe PlaylistJordan RuimyThe filmmakers brilliantly set-up an atmosphere that feels uniquely cinematic and wholly original. But when impressive world-building is established and story takes over, Prospect quickly devolves into a mess of contrivances and overstuffed characters in its more problematic second half.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWestern or sci-fi Western, Prospect never sets its sights higher than violent, quasi-poetic B-movie and as such does not disappoint.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichPascal and Thatcher are an outwardly compelling team, though they’re playing constructs instead of characters, hollow vehicles racing through this ragged future as opposed to convincingly long-term inhabitants of it.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeConstructing character does not appear to be Earl and Caldwell’s strong suit (what’s satisfying about Cee owes almost entirely to Thatcher, a fresh face who tricks us into assuming she’s just a callow teen, when in fact, she proves to be the film’s toughest character). On the other hand, the duo show a real aptitude for world building.