Karen

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Karen

2021

1h 29m

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KAREN follows Karen Drexler (Taryn Manning), a racist white woman who makes it her personal mission to displace the new Black family that has just moved in next door to her. Community activist Malik (Cory Hardrict) and his wife Imani (Jasmine Burke) are the couple who have just moved to the Atlanta suburb, but they won't be backing down without a fight.

Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

09/03/2021

0/4

Karen can only pat itself on the back for making a movie about the tyranny of a Karen, but it doesn't bring any critical thinking to its own conversation.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

09/03/2021

1/4

"Karen" is a fictional tale about one of the worst people on the planet, and it's also one of the worst movies of 2021.

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Michael Nordine

Variety

09/02/2021

From the title to nearly every narrative beat, writer-director Coke Daniels' satirical thriller offers little in the way of incisive social commentary or thrills.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/17/2022

0.5/5

You can’t miss its bludgeoning message which is nailed into every scene. You also can’t miss the complete lack of inspired storytelling, the astonishingly bad dialogue, or characters so poorly conceived that it’s impossible to connect with them.

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Jordan Elizabeth

Common Sense Media

09/28/2021

2/5

Karen is a kitschy representation of a very real threat: White women who are aware of their Whiteness and weaponize it.

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

09/17/2021

1/5

What Jordan Peele's Get Out would've been like if it hadn't included any cinematic mastery or storytelling subtlety

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Jen Z

@Jenz324 Jan 13

The concept was good but the acting was so bad which made it so entertaining. It seemed rushed and sloppy. This could have been a great movie. I apologize for the negative review, something had to be said!

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Nicole R

@RT61338207 09/20/2024

Ok movie, I have seen much worse movies.

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04/01/2024

This movie was given a bad review? Why? Acting was good story was great. Why such a low score? Anatomy of a fall had a terrible ending and won an Oscar. Don’t be so triggered and understand the meaning of the movie. Obviously over the top but with purpose.

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Nicole Y

@RT31394330 01/22/2024

Dreadful and ridiculous.

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Stoner J

@Stoner 12/19/2023

Just terrible. The acting is the worst I've ever seen, by the whole cast. And it was done terribly all around. Seems like they were going for a reverse Lakeview Terrace but this can't get anywhere near as that. And this one is beyond low budget seems less than a tv movie!

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Al C

@RT14206496 11/06/2023

The movie was pretty predictable and not much of a story to tell. I will give Taryn Manning credit as I thought she was an absolutely Perfect Karen. She was a little scary to watch.

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Synopsis

KAREN follows Karen Drexler (Taryn Manning), a racist white woman who makes it her personal mission to displace the new Black family that has just moved in next door to her. Community activist Malik (Cory Hardrict) and his wife Imani (Jasmine Burke) are the couple who have just moved to the Atlanta suburb, but they won't be backing down without a fight.

Director: Coke Daniels
Producer: Mary Aloe, Craig Chapman, Sevier Crespo, Coke Daniels, Cory Hardrict, Gillian Hormel, Taryn Manning, Tirrell D. Whittley
Screenwriter: Coke Daniels
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Production Co: Ludascripts , Burke Management, Aloe Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, Flixville USA, Peanut Gallery Group
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2021
Runtime: 1h 29m

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