While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.
Perhaps director Gabriadze and writer Nelson Greaves intended to create a Social Media "Scream" and a commentary on cyber-bullying, but "Unfriended" comes across as disdainful of millennials.
– Richard Roeper,
Chicago Sun-Times,
18 Apr 2015
fresh:
If you can give yourself over to the idea of Unfriended,you'll find it's surprisingly engrossing and really quite clever.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
22 Apr 2015
rotten:
You might find yourself rooting for the murderer.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
23 Apr 2015
rotten:
You feel some mild critique of lives lived through web applications. What you don't feel is sustained visceral fright.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
24 Apr 2015
rotten:
I'll admit the film held my attention but I left the theater unsatisfied, which I think will be a common reaction among those not within the demographic niche for which the production was mounted.