64
Paste Magazine by Andrew Crump
What Keeps You Alive’s forthright quality feels refreshing, and Minihan’s craft is a major plus, too.
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What are critics saying?
63
If Hannah Emily Anderson's performance was as fully imagined as Brittany Allen's, then What Keeps You Alive might have attained the emotional dimensions of a robust psychodrama.
83
Despite a few predictable beats, What Keeps You Alive offers plenty of effective jolts, helped along by the chemistry between leads Anderson and Allen.
80
The New York Times by Jason Zinoman
True horror fans will forgive its shortcomings since they serve the greater good of gorgeous gore and stunningly staged scenes.
40
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Colin Minihan's What Keeps You Alive sets itself up promisingly enough before succumbing to a progression of implausibilities and excesses that test even this genre's lenient standards.
78
Film Journal International by Maitland McDonagh
Writer-director Colin Minihan’s thriller is tightly plotted and delivers a couple of terrific shocks, shocks that are firmly rooted in character
60
Minihan’s ambitions are towering, so it’s only right to note that he doesn’t quite get there. The ideas, even the emotions, don’t develop and grow.
50
The Film Stage by Mike Mazzanti
For die-hard genre fans looking for a disturbed and relatively brief affair, there may be enough here to enjoy. However, if you want a consistently engaging thrill ride packed with enough ideas to contend with the bloodshed, perhaps look elsewhere.
75
RogerEbert.com by Monica Castillo
Minihan’s stylish film taps into our deepest fear as women, queer folks, or survivors of domestic abuse that the person we love may be the reason we end up in a body bag.
80
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Allen and Anderson are outstanding in roles that require a lot of levels and moods, as the central relationship goes from loving to shaky to … well, something else.