Green Room (2016)
85%RT Audience Score: 75%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 25 nominations
Green Room delivers unapologetic genre thrills with uncommon intelligence and powerfully acted élan
Green Room is a wild ride that will have you shaking in your boots long after the credits roll. With a cast that brings Shakespearean drama to a punk rock setting, this movie is like a mosh pit of Simon & Garfunkel, Fugazi, and Slayer. It’s not for the faint of heart, but if you’re looking for a relentless thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, Green Room is the movie for you. Just be prepared to lose a limb or two along the way.
Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions,
Distributor
A24
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Portland, Oregon, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 34m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 29, 2016 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 12, 2016
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
starring Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Imogen Poots, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Mark Webber, directed by Jeremy Saulnier, written by Jeremy Saulnier, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Nigel Andrews, Sara Michelle Fetters, Charlotte O’Sullivan, Mark Kermode, David Stratton, Owen Gleiberman, Petr Knava, Brian Eggert, Lauren Bradshaw, Matt Brunson, Michael J Casey, Dan Stubbs, produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Victor Moyers, R rating, punk-rock band, white supremacists, Oregon roadhouse, gory images, some drug content, strong brutal graphic violence
Worldwide gross: $3,769,214
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,645,551
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,199
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 506,603
US/Canada gross: $3,220,371
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $3,969,103
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,873
US/Canada opening weekend: $87,984
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $108,440
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,905
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $5,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $6,162,493
Production budget ranking: 1,838
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $3,318,502
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$4,835,444
ROI to date (est.): -51%
ROI ranking: 1,697
Imogen Poots – Amber
Alia Shawkat – Sam
Joe Cole – Reece
Callum Turner – Tiger
Mark Webber – Daniel
Director – Jeremy Saulnier
Producers – Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Victor Moyers
Writer – Jeremy Saulnier
Director(s)
Jeremy Saulnier
Writer(s)
Jeremy Saulnier
Producer(s)
Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Victor Moyers
Film Festivals
Sundance, Cannes, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 25 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (247) | Top Critics (64) | Fresh (223) | Rotten (24)
For a mess, it’s lively. But from Saulnier we’d have liked something more.
December 27, 2016 | Rating: 3/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
Its go-for-broke horror aesthetic a real world cavalcade of terror that had me noticeably shaking long after the film itself had come to an end.
August 11, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
How can you resist a film that, metaphorically, throws Simon & Garfunkel, Fugazi and Slayer into the same moshpit?
May 15, 2016 | Rating: 3/5
Charlotte O’Sullivan
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Smartly cast, Stewart brings an almost Shakespearean edge to the drama, delivering lines such as “all is for nought” in the manner of a theatrical king surveying the devastation of a five-act tragedy.
May 15, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Mark Kermode
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Saulnier’s undoubted skills as a director just about outweigh his fondness for gore.
May 13, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
[A] dourly aggressive, in-your-face thriller.
May 12, 2016 | Rating: 2/5
Owen Gleiberman
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
Green Room has sensitivity and empathy to spare, but it’s also hard and unforgiving as steel, because it knows that’s the way the world is.
June 16, 2022
Petr Knava
Pajiba
An intelligent, well-made, and relentless thriller.
April 15, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Jeremy Saulnier’s new film Green Room is a triumph in edge of your seat thrills and nail-biting suspense.
November 5, 2021 | Rating: B+
Lauren Bradshaw
Fangirl Freakout
Short on depth but long on visceral thrills, it’s Old Testament moviemaking, with the adage about an eye for an eye expanding to also include arms, legs, torsos and, once killer dogs are introduced, even jugulars.
August 18, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
Not even the whimper of a wounded dog can humanize some characters, no matter how cheap the sentiment might be.
July 28, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/5
Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Cinema
Wound tighter than a top E string, Green Room is not just a great twist on the gory survival thriller – it’s a great gory survival thriller full stop.
June 8, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Dan Stubbs
NME…
Plot
A band straying into a secluded part of the Pacific Northwest stumbles onto a horrific act of violence. Because they are the only witnesses, they become the targets of a terrifying gang of skinheads who want to make sure all the evidence is eliminated.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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