(Photo by Amazon MGM/ Courtesy Everett Collection. THE ACCOUNTANT 2.)
SXSW 2025: Movie Scorecard
See every movie and show playing at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival that got enough reviews for a Tomatometer. As we said in our look at eight films and shows at the fest, we’re looking forward to The Accountant 2, Death of a Unicorn, Another Simple Favor, The Studio and more to make waves in Austin that will hit the rest of the landscape across the year.
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In an attempt to avenge her daughter’s death, Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer over and
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When a chance encounter with her rockstar crush leads 16 year old Rylee to discover that he's addicted to drugs,
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Synopsis: Matt Remick is the newly appointed head of Continental Studios; desperate for celebrity approval, he and his executive team at
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Critics Consensus: Minimalist in presentation while getting great mileage out of Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys' superb performances, Hallow Road is a nerve-wracking thriller that takes audiences down a haunting path.
Synopsis: Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump
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Critics Consensus: Flying Lotus' Ash delivers the phantasmagorical goods with vivid visuals and a throbbing soundscape, elevating a predictable sci-fi story into a memorably stylish head-trip.
Synopsis: When a woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, she
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#9
Critics Consensus: A Hitchcockian thriller that cleverly utilizes modern technology for its twists and turns, Drop delivers on its pulpy premise while providing a welcome showcase for leading lady Meghann Fahy.
Synopsis: Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy, breakout star of White Lotus and The Perfect Couple, plays Violet, a widowed mother on her
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#10
Critics Consensus: Improving on the original by leaning into Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's buddy comedy chemistry, The Accountant 2 can safely be filed under a good time at the movies.
Synopsis: Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a
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#11
Critics Consensus: Extracting a maximum amount of creepy mood from a simple setup while reaching surprising poignancy as a mother-daughter story, The Surrender is a victorious feature debut from writer-director Julia Max.
Synopsis: A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies and the grieving mother hires
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#12
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don't just rise -- they hunt. The military insists they are harmless and
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Critics Consensus: Sailing through on the strength of its predecessor, Another Simple Favor is the perfect cocktail of mystery, intrigue, and sharp casting with a dash of well-timed comedy.
Synopsis: Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily's extravagant
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#14
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when
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Critics Consensus: A bittersweet rom-com that occasionally waffles as much as its characters in how mature it wants to be, The Threesome balances out into a sweetly shaggy film with standout performances from Zoey Deutch and Ruby Cruz.
Synopsis: One fateful night, the stars appear to align for Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), a kind and unassuming young man, as his
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#16
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Clay, a successful but troubled black businessman, attends therapy sessions with his wife, Kaya, in an attempt to salvage their
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#17
Critics Consensus: Receiving some sparkle from Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega's father-daughter rapport, Death of a Unicorn's broad satire is a bit too on the horn but makes for an entertainingly splattery creature feature.
Synopsis: A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend
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#18
Critics Consensus: Sadie Sink manages to rise above the schlock in a doomed rock-opera that sadly loses its purpose and steam while rambling to the finish line.
Synopsis: A farm girl in search to recover a cherished family heirloom. She travels to a strange and dangerous city where
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#19
Critics Consensus: Overloaded with quirk and recycled twists, Holland's impressive style can't paper over a hollow script.
Synopsis: In this wildly unpredictable thriller, Nicole Kidman is the meticulous Nancy Vandergroot, a teacher and homemaker whose picture-perfect life with
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