Barbarians (2021)
“Barbarians” is a 2021 crime, horror, and thriller film directed by Charles Dorfman. The movie revolves around a dinner party in a country house where four friends come together for a birthday celebration. As the night progresses, secrets emerge, and unsettling events begin to unfold around them.
The film premiered during the Fantastic Film Festival on September 28, 2021, and was subsequently released in theaters and on-demand on April 1, 2022, by IFC Midnight. In its opening weekend, the film earned $7,538 from 41 theaters, with a per-screen average of $183. Its total box office earnings amounted to $10,742. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, “Barbarians” holds an approval rating of 56% based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site’s critics consensus reads, “Sporadically suspenseful, Barbarians is too tonally indecisive to consistently make its most important points”.
The story is set over the course of twenty-four hours and features a cast including Tom Cullen, Ins Spiridonov, Iwan Rheon, and Catalina Sandino Moreno. The film follows a couple, Adam and Eva, who wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas, a property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house.
