Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan are two of the finest young actors but Foe just doesn't give them their time to shine.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 18, 2024

“Foe” wants to be a delicate look at how love is lost and eventually replaced, possibly by unorthodox stand-ins, but it’s a rather incurious sci-fi feature that squanders its themes and setup in favour of melodrama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 19, 2024

Garth Davis directs two of the best and hottest young actors in the business, but he cannot create chemistry between them, which deflates the film's romantic vein.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 3, 2024

The story feels like a prequel for “Blade Runner” (1982) meets “The Stepford Wives” (1975) except no human beings were harmed in the making of this film.

Full Review | May 11, 2024

A film bravely, and admirably, committed to the kind of big emotional swing that unfortunately proves to be its undoing.

Full Review | Apr 10, 2024

It's suffocating to the point where you're as desperate for an escape from this scorched Earth misery as these characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 16, 2024

The slow-pace can be frustrating to those looking for more action in their sci-fi, but what you'll find is astute, nuanced performances from two leads, especially Ronan.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 21, 2024

These scenes from a marriage are sometimes evocative, but they don’t tie together.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2024

A story with a particularity that, although it exposes aspects of science fiction, in essence it is a marital drama. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 10, 2024

Limited in its development, Foe drowns in its tedious narrative and missteps. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 8, 2024

Everybody starts acting very strangely, there are spittle-flying arguments and sweaty sex scenes, and none of it makes much sense until the big reveal, when it makes even less sense.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 6, 2024

You’d think a robotic replacement for a husband could be a fun and intriguing look into a possible future — with AI taking over and all that. However, not even Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal can save this low-key and weak script.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 5, 2024

It's a monotonous experience that leaves you wondering why this film was made in the first place. Steer clear of this dull film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 5, 2024

Foe tries to be a head trip, but ends up being a head scratcher.

Full Review | Jan 5, 2024

Thorny moral dilemmas intrigue.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5 | Jan 4, 2024

When Foe is finished — when fires both figurative and literal have been extinguished and we know (or at least think we know) what has become of Hen and Junior — we’re simply left wanting more from the experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 30, 2023

There is no telling where Foe will take you, but it will be a long, hard fall; either to the pits of despair or desire, ambivalence galore

Full Review | Original Score: 75/100 | Nov 23, 2023

An unsettling combination of sci-fi, horror and intimate drama that is evoked by two terrific young actors and enhanced by lovely work on camera, but the big picture concerns the narrative explores needed strengthening at the writing stage

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2023

Foe initially presented as a sc-fi but settled into a relationship film where we meet the couple at the fragmented stage. The singular focus was its weakness but the strong performances are without question.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 14, 2023

There was potentially an engaging film in this material, but the fuse burns slowly from start to finish, and nothing ever goes bang.

Full Review | Nov 13, 2023