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Denmark · 2015
1h 25m
Director Bo Mikkelsen
Starring Troels Lyby, Mille Dinesen, Benjamin Engell, Marie Hammer Boda
Genre Horror, Thriller
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A family of four — Dino, his wife Pernille, and their two children —are living in Sorgenfri, Denmark for the summer. As a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town, however, they must quarantine in their home and are forced to the extreme to escape alive.
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
There are large chunks of What We Become that feel like something we’ve seen before, a repeat of the AMC series perhaps, and just when it’s getting interesting, it ends, almost like it’s a pilot for a new series.
When Bo Mikkelsen springs his traditional yet cathartic climax, it's earned because the violence matters truly as violation.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
What We Become is a very pretty movie with a very dark heart. The payoff is brutal, but earned.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
The movie never really achieves the claustrophobic, under-siege atmosphere of Night of the Living Dead. And it's kind of a good thing we're not trapped with this family, since, despite some fine acting by Mille Dinesen (as Gustav's mom) and others, Mikkelsen's script offers too little character development to keep us interested in them.
The Guardian by Jordan Hoffman
It’s the same low-budget horror flick you’ve seen many times before, but it’s nice to see some local variants on a familiar theme.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Fans of blood and guts won’t find what they’re looking for here (until the final 10 minutes, that is); but serious-minded genre fans should feel satisfied.
Undead fare has to break new ground to stand out from the ravenous crowd, something What We Become never attempts. What might have been the best zombie movie of 2004 can't help looking a little sickly in 2016.
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