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Green Room Reviews

Everyone in the main ensemble delivers powerful performances, but Patrick Stewart is particularly chilling as the aloof white supremacist bar owner Darcy.

Full Review | Oct 22, 2024

Committed performances, sharp dialogue, a gripping blend of the visceral and the heartfelt, and a credible sense of authenticity all add up to deliver an indie-grindcore night out to remember.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 18, 2024

One wild, unexpected ride the whole way through, with a brutally satisfying ending.

Full Review | Feb 22, 2023

Green Room doesn't shy away from the violence and shocks, creating some relentlessly disturbing aesthetics. The cast is stellar and the suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Full Review | Oct 28, 2022

As a whole the story is pretty simple, even a bit familiar. But once you dig in, you realize this thing has a pulse all its own. And once you’re in its grip it doesn’t let go.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2022

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.

Full Review | Jun 16, 2022

An intelligent, well-made, and relentless thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 15, 2022

Jeremy Saulnier's new film Green Room is a triumph in edge of your seat thrills and nail-biting suspense.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 5, 2021

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 18, 2021

Not even the whimper of a wounded dog can humanize some characters, no matter how cheap the sentiment might be.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 28, 2021

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 8, 2021

GREEN ROOM stands as home to one of the finest hours of a stupendous actor who died way too young, a fine villainous turn from one of the all-time great performers, and tense, unforgettable filmcraft.

Full Review | Apr 16, 2021

A nasty piece of work, a tense Tasmanian Devil tornado of a movie with solid performances and a DIY feel that meshes perfectly with its punk rock heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Green Room is full of adrenaline, with an outstanding cast, and a pace that leaves you craving for more.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 1, 2021

Green Room makes no wrong decisions, and too few right ones. It retreats when it needs to advance. The danger for the characters is palpable enough, but the film itself never feels dangerous...

Full Review | Jan 6, 2021

Stewart is incredibly understated in his performance, which is effective yet disappointing, considering this provided an occasion to play an extremely against-type role.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 4, 2020

A sordid, ultra-violent thrill ride of a movie.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 13, 2020

A compact, streamlined, punch-you-in-the-teeth thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 3, 2020

[A] grimy punk-siege masterpiece that would make John Carpenter proud.

Full Review | Apr 1, 2020

Green Room is savage genre filmmaking, but behind the maulings and murder is intelligence and quiet morality. This film proves again that Jeremy Saulnier is one of the most dynamic and interesting filmmakers working today.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2020

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A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.

Jeremy Saulnier
Anton Yelchin
Imogen Poots
Alia Shawkat
420 User reviews
450 Critic reviews
79 Metascore
8 wins & 25 nominations

IMDb Commentary With 'Green Room' Director Jeremy Saulnier

Top cast 33

(as David W. Thompson)

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Trivia While the tracks were recorded separately the staged performances, the actors and actress actually performed their songs. Anton Yelchin and Alia Shawkat already knew how to play their instruments, but according to Jeremy Saulnier , Callum Turner had no experience with any sort of music. Joe Cole also learned to play drums, specifically for this movie.
Goofs When the band first has Big Justin hostage there is a telephone sitting on the table next to him.

Pat : I know what it is.

Amber : What what is?

Pat : My "desert-island band."

Amber : Tell somebody who gives a shit.

Alternate versions French theatrical version was cut to secure a "Not under 12" (!) rating. That version was also released on DVD. The Blu-ray features the uncut version and is rated "Not under 16".
Connections Featured in Half in the Bag: Green Room (2016)
Soundtracks Takin' Out the Trash Written by Christian Blunda & Patsy Gelb Performed by Patsy's Rats Courtesy of Christian Blunda

User reviews 420

Violence at its most chilling and effective.

WalterSoprano
Apr 30, 2016
May 13, 2016 (United States)
United States
Official Site
Official site (Germany)
Habitación verde
Portland, Oregon, USA
Broad Green Pictures
Film Science
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$5,000,000 (estimated)
Apr 17, 2016
Runtime 1 hour 35 minutes
Dolby Digital

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