Backrooms
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
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very high confidence
What people are saying
Updated nightlyThe Backrooms looks great, and its weird, liminal aesthetic is what most people are talking about, but the actual story is where it loses them. The plot, about a doorway appearing in a furniture showroom basement, gets called thin and derivative, and the pacing drags it down. Chiwetel Ejiofor's performance as Clark gets praise, but his character's reception is split. It's a very mixed bag overall, with the strong visuals and concept ultimately overshadowed by a weak and slow execution.
Sentiment split
Every qualifying reaction, weighted.
- Positive42%
- Mixed25%
- Negative33%
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Buzz
3,351 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.
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