No One Will Save You

No One Will Save You is a 2023 American science fiction horror film written, directed and produced by Brian Duffield, starring Kaitlyn Dever. It is unusual among features for having only five words of dialogue in a 93 minute runtime.[2]

No One Will Save You
Release poster
Directed byBrian Duffield
Written byBrian Duffield
Produced by
StarringKaitlyn Dever
CinematographyAaron Morton
Edited byGabriel Fleming
Music byJoseph Trapanese
Production
companies
Distributed byHulu
Release dates
  • September 19, 2023 (2023-09-19) (New York and Los Angeles)
  • September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish (minimal dialog)
Budget$22.8 million[1]

The film opened in theaters on September 19, 2023, and was released to streaming services by 20th Century Studios as a Hulu original film in the United States and on Disney+ Star internationally on September 22.

Plot

Brynn is a seamstress still living in her childhood home who mourns the loss of her mother, Sarah, and her best friend, Maude. She copes with these losses by constructing a model town in her living room. She leads a solitary existence, and is shunned by the townspeople. One night, she awakens to discover an intruder in her home and discovers it is a humanoid alien. The alien uses telekinesis to subdue her, but Brynn accidentally kills it with the broken fragment of a model bell tower.

Brynn discovers that all electrical devices and her car have been rendered useless since the aliens' intrusion, and cycles into town, finding evidence of alien attacks on her neighbors. The town appears unaffected as she makes her way to the local police station. There, Brynn unexpectedly encounters Maude's parents, who happen to be the chief of police and his wife. Maude's embittered mother spits in Brynn's face. Brynn decides to flee the town by bus, but several passengers, controlled by alien parasites, attempt to restrain her. She escapes and discovers that many of the townspeople now appear to be under the aliens' control.

Brynn returns home and fortifies her house. That evening, a tractor beam from a flying saucer carries the alien's corpse out of her house, and Brynn is forced to fend off two more alien intruders, impaling one with a broken mop handle, and immolating the larger entity when its legs become entangled in her car and she ignites the gas tank. After she runs back into her house, another alien restrains her and places a parasite in her mouth. She falls into an intense hallucination in which her life is back to normal and Maude is still alive. With great effort, she breaks free of the hallucination and pulls the parasite from her mouth, finding herself in a field. A flying saucer arrives and transforms the parasite into a doppelgänger of Brynn, which pursues the real Brynn into the woods.

The doppelgänger catches Brynn and stabs her, but Brynn kills it with a box-cutter and escapes to a deserted road. There she encounters an immense alien before being sucked into a flying saucer. She is psychically probed by a group of aliens within the craft, revealing the event that turned the town against her: during an argument she had with Maude when both were much younger, Maude knocked Brynn to the ground and Brynn struck Maude with a stone, killing her. The aliens converse with one another and appear to agree on a course of action. They return Brynn to Earth unharmed and free of their influence.

Brynn is later shown living a happy life in her repaired home. The other residents of the town are under control of the aliens and, in stark contrast with Brynn’s life before the invasion, greet her warmly.

Cast
  • Kaitlyn Dever as Brynn
    • Elizabeth Kaluev as young Brynn
  • Zack Duhame as the mailman
  • Lauren Murray as Brynn's mother
  • Geraldine Singer as Mrs. Collins
  • Dane Rhodes as police chief Collins
  • Daniel Rigamer as Mr. McCreary
  • Dari Lynn Griffin as Maude

Production

No One Will Save You was written on spec by Brian Duffield in 2019.[3] In April 2021, it was reported that 20th Century Studios had acquired the script with Duffield also set to direct. Additionally Kaitlyn Dever was attached to star.[4]

On an estimated budget (before tax incentives) of $22.8 million, principal photography took place in New Orleans from April to June 2022.[1][5] Visual effects were provided by DNEG.[6] Joseph Trapanese composed the score.[7]

Release

No One Will Save You premiered in New York and Los Angeles theaters on September 19, 2023.[8] It was subsequently released by 20th Century Studios as a Hulu original film in the United States on September 22.[9] It premiered on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in other territories the same day.[9]

Reception

Audience viewership

According to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, No One Will Save You was the most streamed film across all platforms in the United States during the week ending September 24, 2023,[10][11] and the third during the week of October 1, 2023.[12] According to the streaming aggregator JustWatch, No One Will Save You was the third most streamed film across all platforms in the United States during the week of September 18 to September 24, 2023.[13]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 110 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A home invasion thriller with an extraterrestrial twist, No One Will Save You serves up more genre fun from writer-director Brian Duffield – and proves Kaitlyn Dever doesn't need much dialogue to command the screen."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[15]

Possible future

In September 2023, Duffield stated that though he currently doesn't have a plan for a sequel, he could foresee developing one should No One Will Save You prove to be a success.[16] Later that month, the filmmaker stated that he was open to creating sequels.[17]

See also

References
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