Never Let Go
Directed by Alexandre AjaA family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real.
Never Let Go Ratings & Reviews
- DJOctober 17, 2024Aja is a solid horror director and it continues to show with Never Let Go. This is a woods isolation movie about a small family whose mom is either mentally unstable or sees evil. It’s pretty bleak, and has hints of Aja’s past work more than his most recent stuff. It’s not perfect, but if you are a fan of stuff like A Quiet Place or Bird Box, it’s along those lines.
- jip van de laarJuly 10, 2025Its a good movie but youre left with a lot of questions afterwards. I wish they would’ve explained the backstory and history more to help you understand the past better.
- Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025This has a number of things going for it. I love this kind of high concept, horror thriller aspect involving the rope. Hold onto the rope and you’re safe, let go and you’re in danger. Then the film proceeds to create a bunch of scenarios where characters are forced to let go of the rope. It’s a premise which creates a simple mechanism to ratchet up the tension in any scene. Similar to films like I Am Legend (you’re safe in the daylight, but not in the dark), or even A Quiet Place (you’re safe if you’re silent, but dead if you make noise.) And for the first half of this film this high concept works as intended with some excellent tension and some genuine chills. One moment taking place in the shed stands out in my memory. There is far less moments of gore than I was expecting from an Aja film, though, which was slightly disappointing. Halle Berry’s character engrains in her two sons to never let go of the rope—that there are evil spirits that can harm them if they do. There is an interesting dynamic that happens when one son begins to question their mother’s intensions, and even her sanity. This dynamic felt ripe for an exploration of faith and skepticism, indoctrination and apostasy. Unfortunately, that exploration never gets fully realized. As an audience we know there is something afoot with these woods. Is it monsters? Zombies? Ghosts? Demons? Hallucinations? A Simulation? Or is it all a lie? It’s when the film starts to reveal the answers as to what the evil is that my enjoyment started to wane. The ending of the film isn’t really very satisfying, nor does it make very much sense in my mind. While there were some elements that I really liked and some solid child performances as the two brothers, by the end I didn’t feel like the payoff made the journey worthwhile. Disappointing.
- Allie TranMay 30, 2025Never Let Go was a bit of a disappointment that relied heavily on stereotypical CGI jump scares. The concept of the film was very creepy and the acting was good, but the scares just didn’t do it for me.
- DigitalDisappointmentFebruary 13, 2025What a totally stupid piece of fekkin' crap. Could the movie have made LESS sense? Probably. Do I know HOW? Not at all. Arguably the worst piece of junk I've wasted two hours on in years.
- MacMiniMoviesMay 30, 2025Good idea, bad story
- stuhannafordMay 15, 2025I enjoyed it. I’m not entirely sure I can tie all the loose ends up in my mind, nor can I shake off the feeling that the finale is a little bit of a let down, after the build up. The back and forth of ‘is it’ or ‘isn’t it’ works well and keeps you guessing. As a dog lover, I had anxiety when their loyal dog was on screen… I’ll say no more.
- missiledawg7April 13, 2025It was ok, weird twist
- ScottDecember 14, 2024There’s some interesting ideas around generational trauma that I feel are better explored in the movie Relic.
- Jeff & TimNovember 9, 2024Why I'm not putting a review
- ariansOctober 20, 2024Confusing
- celtic88October 19, 2024Kind of boring and stupid
- David ScarpaOctober 19, 2024The atmosphere was top notch but I found some of the plot elements kinda ridiculous, still an ok flick
- gos2011October 14, 2024It’s a great idea at first good acting but soon you realize what’s happening and it gets boring
Never Let Go Trivia
Never Let Go was released on September 18, 2024.
Never Let Go was directed by Alexandre Aja.
Never Let Go has a runtime of 1 hr 41 min.
Never Let Go was produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Alexandre Aja.
The key characters in Never Let Go are Momma (Halle Berry), Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins), Father (William Catlett).
Never Let Go is rated R.
Never Let Go is a Horror, Thriller, Mystery film.
Never Let Go has an audience rating of 5.4 out of 10.