The Man in My Basement

"Only occasionally revealing the far more effective, character-driven psychological thriller it’s clearly yearning to be."

"The acting is fine but the plot is convoluted and the dialogue over-written."

"An eerie, disquieting experience."

"The nerves are kept at a steady jangle, but the movie also hums with ideas."

"They feel a little more like stand-ins for ideas than like three-dimensional people."

"Despite a pair of powerful performances, Latif never quite figured out how to tell this complex story."

"What sets it apart is its willingness to wrestle with big, uncomfortable questions."

"Themes of guilt, trauma and racial animus that go nowhere anytime quick."

"The devil isn’t just on the screen, it’s in the details, and Latif’s film can’t pull those together."