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The Thinning

The Thinning

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Sierra M.
5.0 out of 5 starsLove this movie
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2021
I love this movie and thought it was sooo good. It scared me at some points (not a bad thing) and was so interesting. Once I started I had to finish the whole movie. My life went on pause while I was watching this! I would definitely recommend
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Rochester Fan
2.0 out of 5 starsHUNGER GAMES without the Games
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020
THE THINNING is like THE HUNGER GAMES, except they just haul the kids off and cut their throats. It's called culling. They cull 5% of the school kids once a year, killing the ones who do worst on an academic test. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention but it appeared to me that the kids at every school level take a test and are vulnerable to be slaughtered, every year. If that's the case, then 60% (5% X 12 years) of society's youth would be killed by the time they finish high school! This movie is THE HUNGER GAMES but without imagination, creativity, cleverness, appeal, or common sense. (Society just sits by while 5% of their children have their throats cut without even getting to say goodbye?) You might enjoy the movie. Many other commenters seem to like it. I think it's a waste of time.
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Rochester Fan
2.0 out of 5 stars HUNGER GAMES without the Games
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020
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THE THINNING is like THE HUNGER GAMES, except they just haul the kids off and cut their throats. It's called culling. They cull 5% of the school kids once a year, killing the ones who do worst on an academic test. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention but it appeared to me that the kids at every school level take a test and are vulnerable to be slaughtered, every year. If that's the case, then 60% (5% X 12 years) of society's youth would be killed by the time they finish high school! This movie is THE HUNGER GAMES but without imagination, creativity, cleverness, appeal, or common sense. (Society just sits by while 5% of their children have their throats cut without even getting to say goodbye?) You might enjoy the movie. Many other commenters seem to like it. I think it's a waste of time.
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Dave
2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Writing. Worse acting.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2021
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Ugg. This is like the B-side of Breakfast Club meets Saw. Weak and predictable story line. The acting was so bad it will be featured very shortly on Mystery Science Theatre 2000. It's like the movie was spit out of a poorly programmed young adult plot generator. Just bad. Very Very. Bad.
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LovelyRey
2.0 out of 5 stars Wait until it's free
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2022
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One of those movies you watch when bored ..
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Ryan "ryguy"
2.0 out of 5 stars Predictable, with stereotypical characters and shallow plotline.
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2017
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The plot of this movie had really good potential, but the writing was really lame and paper-thin. The characters that were created for the story were extremely stereotypical and boring -- I mean out of the three teachers featured, one was a sex-crazed evil male, while the other two were saintly female teachers feeling remorseful about the thinning. Hardly reflective of the kind of complex and not so black-and-white personalities in real life. The storyline was equally predictable. My wife and I started make a joke about what was going to happen next because it's been done already in just about every other film out there. When are producers going to start creating something more fresh and interesting for people to watch?
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Carl Gillberg
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2017
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Trying too hard to push the agenda.
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Grannie G
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018
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Not a my cup of tea
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Karen
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018
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good but I could have waited till it was FREE
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C. Postma
2.0 out of 5 stars They loved it! Pretty sure the story line was ripped ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017
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Bought under duress from the kids. They loved it! Pretty sure the story line was ripped off and recycled. Pretty sure I'll end up buying the sequel. What? That wasn't a cliff hanger?
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RM
2.0 out of 5 stars Required catchphrase: Why?
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018
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This is a YouTube movie...didn't expect that. The trailer is excellent...if you've seen it...don't waste time watching the movie...not much more to it.
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F
2.0 out of 5 stars blah
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017
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Storyline pretty good but execution (pun intended) not that great. Acting was pretty bad.
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