Anniversary

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Anniversary

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2025

1h 51m

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In this gripping thriller, a close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as "The Change." Ellen and Paul (Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler) witness their lives fall apart when Ellen's former student Liz (Phoebe Dynevor) reappears and starts dating their son (Dylan O'Brien). As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Liz's role in "The Change" brings simmering conflicts to the surface, unraveling the fabric of the family just as the nation itself stands on edge during an alarming and challenging time of uncertainty.

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Critics Consensus

Parlaying a strained state of the union into narrative suspense, Anniversary's effectiveness as a political parable comes to a split decision while its status as a solid thriller wins plenty of support.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Nov 10

I bought every second of it... If you just roll with it, this film will pin you to your chair.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

Nov 1

3/4

"a hypothetical question as character study, an examination of how this happens and an assertion that a system like this shows no mercy, not even to its most loyal subjects, despite what we want to believe.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Oct 30

3/4

Komasa (“Corpus Christi”) demonstrates a steady hand at staging a slew of rage-filled confrontations, and helps stabilize the outraged screenplay when it gets too didactic, even though he loses control of that near the finale.

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Ernesto Diezmartinez

Letras Libres

Aug 11

2.5/4

In director Jan Komasa's eighth feature film, a family celebration turns into a brutal political allegory. [Full review in Spanish]

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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Aug 11

I am wholly baffled by all the critics saying that Jan Komasa’s Anniversary doesn’t take a clear political stance

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Margot Harrison

Seven Days (VT)

Mar 25

3.5/5

The lead actors can transform the script into riveting drama even when it reads like a second-rate Arthur Miller imitation.

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Michelle S

Nov 16

Really awesome concept. Its really a shame there was no advertisement for it because the movie was incredible with a really cool theme. It had a similar theme to the initial concept of The Handmaids Tale

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Tim

Nov 8

I thought this movie was going to be a stalker type murder movie. Boy was I wrong. It was such a twist. Thought provoking and almost future telling story line of what could actually happen. Amazing ending as well. I saw this over a week ago and I find myself still thinking about it. A must see!

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Jon B

Nov 6

So politically confused it doesn’t know what it wants to say

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Joey R

Nov 6

I liked that the movie showed how an entitled American public can be moved to an authoritarian system and think that it's a democratic system. The acting was very good. The plot is similar to a horror movie for the reason that anyone in the main characters position with wealth and knowledge, would have fled the country before it's silent transition to a singular autocracy, but instead stay as they sink deeper into quicksand.

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Amanda

Nov 6

Why wasnt this promoted? It was easily the best political thriller Ive ever seen.

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Dianne P

Nov 6

Was very intense and thought provoking

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Synopsis

In this gripping thriller, a close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as "The Change." Ellen and Paul (Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler) witness their lives fall apart when Ellen's former student Liz (Phoebe Dynevor) reappears and starts dating their son (Dylan O'Brien). As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Liz's role in "The Change" brings simmering conflicts to the surface, unraveling the fabric of the family just as the nation itself stands on edge during an alarming and challenging time of uncertainty.

Director: Jan Komasa
Producer: Kate Churchill, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler
Screenwriter: Lori Rosene-Gambino, Jan Komasa
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Chockstone Pictures, Fifth Season, Lionsgate
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 29, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $551.1K
Runtime: 1h 51m

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