Critical response

Chronicle has received positive reviews. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 85% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 68 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10, making the film a "Certified Fresh" on the website's rating system. The consensus states "It arrives during a glut of found-footage films, but Chronicle transcends its gimmicks with a smart script, fast-paced direction, and engaging performances from its young, talented cast."  At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 69, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews". Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review, saying 'From [the] deceptively ordinary beginning, Josh Trank's "Chronicle" grows into an uncommonly entertaining movie that involves elements of a superhero origin story, a science-fic­tion fantasy and a drama about a disturbed teenager.' He gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4. Empire critic Mark Dinning gave the film 4 stars out of a possible 5, saying the film was "A stunning superhero/sci-fi that has appeared out of nowhere to demand your immediate attention." On the negative side, Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying the film "offers up little more than a tired morality play about the dangers of power, rehashing stale insights about the narcissism of the documentary impulse."

Director: Josh Trank

Writers: Max Landis (screenplay), Max Landis (story), and 1 more credit »

Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell