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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistJames RocchiThe PlaylistJames RocchiSightseers homicidal holiday isn't just a pitch-black comedy made with skill, will and brains; it's also another demonstration that Wheatley is, to use an all-too-appropriate phrase, going places.
- 88Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSlant MagazineJesse CataldoThis sardonic depiction of Britain, as a land where a thin veneer of strained politesse and fussy specificity of tastes masks a throbbing heart of darkness, makes for Ben Wheatley's best film yet.
- 80Film.comAmanda May MeynckeFilm.comAmanda May MeynckeSimply put, Sightseers is a deliciously inappropriate and hilariously weird comedy.
- A pitch-black and sometimes gorily violent laugh-riot.
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanA uniquely British blend of excruciating comedy of embarrassment and outright grue, not quite as disorientating in its mood shifts as Kill List but just as impressive a film.
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmIt might not sound much on paper, but it’s all in the delivery, the appealing lead performances combining with Wheatley's sudden tonal shifts to produce a film that’s funny, sinister and strangely moving.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe satire is firmly seated in character, and no one understands how well a good homicide can elucidate character better than Wheatley.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawSightseers is funny and well made, but Wheatley could be suffering from difficult third album syndrome: this is not as mysterious and interesting as Kill List.
- 58Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanIt's neither grounded enough to be genuinely horrifying nor over the top enough to be nastily fun.