The Shift
Seen it?2023 | 113 min | Science Fiction
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 34% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved Star Trek, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Mind-bending.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 53 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
Following a tense encounter with a mysterious stranger with otherworldly powers, a man finds himself banished to a parallel, tyrannical Earth, where he fights to get back to the woman he loves.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
34% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$12 million worldwide on a $7 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 164K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Brock Heasley
- Kristoffer PolahaKevin Garner
- Neal McDonoughThe Benefactor
- Elizabeth TabishMolly Garner
- Sean AstinGabriel
- Jason MarsdenCyrus
- Paras PatelRajit Nadir
- Emily RoseTabitha
- Nolan NorthBrett
- Rose ReidTina
- John BillingsleyRusso