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Antlers

Antlers

Drama · Horror · Mystery · 2021

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.

Movie details

Antlers

“Pray it desires not you.”

2021 Drama · Horror · Mystery 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Antlers?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Scott Cooper

Written by

Nick Antosca · Henry Chaisson · Scott Cooper

Keri Russell

Keri Russell

Julia Meadows

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

Paul Meadows

Jeremy T. Thomas

Jeremy T. Thomas

Lucas Weaver

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Warren Stokes

Scott Haze

Scott Haze

Frank Weaver

Sawyer Jones

Sawyer Jones

Aiden Weaver

Rory Cochrane

Rory Cochrane

Dan Lecroy

Court is in session

Put Antlers on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.