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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe film sympathetically renders the small humiliations and inconveniences of life as an old-world vampire struggling with modernity.
- 80EmpireDan JolinEmpireDan JolinHere it is at long last: a truly great vampire comedy. And also the funniest horror film to come out of New Zealand since Braindead.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA very funny Kiwi take on vampire lore and its application to the modern world.
- 80Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeThis isn’t much more than a series of ridiculously dotty sketches, and might have worked better as a sitcom, but it’s surprisingly hilarious.
- Sharp as fangs, warm as fresh blood, this could be the funniest movie of the year. New Zealand’s answer to Edgar Wright.
- 80Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekVillage VoiceStephanie ZacharekWhat We Do in the Shadows is never as self-conscious as you fear it might be, and it has some of the loose, wiggy energy of early Jim Jarmusch, only with more bite. It makes getting poked a pleasure.
- 75The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorWhat We Do In the Shadows is the type of little movie that you watch and feel like you've discovered something really special. It's a total surprise; a silly, scary delight.
- 70The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneIt was with both joy and mystification, therefore, that I found myself cackling at What We Do in the Shadows like a witch with a helium balloon.
- 60Time OutDavid EhrlichTime OutDavid EhrlichA dryly amusing mockumentary from the Kiwis behind the similarly deadpan Eagle vs Shark and Flight of the Conchords, What We Do in the Shadows unfolds like the darkest movie that Christopher Guest never made.
- 40VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonSome genre fans who prefer the silly to the satiric may bite, but the anemic pic isn’t remotely weird or witty enough for cult immortality.