80
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlanePrivate Property abounds in inventive low-budget filmmaking while stress-testing a pulpy, dime-store premise.
- 83The Film StageAmanda WaltzThe Film StageAmanda WaltzWhile Private Property, with its tawdry edges and jarring, out-of-synch ADR, lacks the studio polish of its influences, it puts a wonderfully dirty spin on their voyeuristic style.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThis tense and upsetting film has more psychological depth and empathy than the comparable sensationalist fare of its time, and shudder-inducing cinematic style to spare. Private Property qualifies as a genuine rediscovery.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanPrivate Property’s vicious form of prurience may make some queasy, and is hardly the type of movie that could get made today without great backlash, but there’s definitely more going on here than mere time-capsule curiosity.
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzPrivate Property is a terrific example of the spell that a confident film can weave by placing a handful of troubled characters in a confined location, and in the end it does feel like as much of a tragedy as a potboiler.
- 75The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlSome scenes hold up better than others, and there’s always a question about the film’s intentions: Is this voyeurism or is it satire taking off on the Playboy era? Condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency in 1960, Private Property is less dated than you might think.