Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- brooding
- paranoid
- late night suspense
- rainy day thriller
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an underwhelming psychological thriller whose familiar premise and execution failed to generate sustained suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Meera is targeted during a home invasion after moving into a new house with Henry, making private domestic space a source of danger.
The move to a small town provides an apparently welcoming setting that is steadily unsettled by the intrusion and its implications.
The central couple's husband-wife relationship is placed under pressure as Meera confronts threats surrounding their home and marriage.
The home invasion mystery encourages competing interpretations of who is responsible and what the threat means.
Films like Intrusion, and why
The Strangers
shares psychological thriller tension, domestic suspicion, and an apparently safe home disrupted by hidden danger
Arlington Road
shares suburban or small-town unease, marital distrust, and mystery built around threats inside the home
The Gift
shares psychological suspense, unstable domestic security, and a protagonist investigating unsettling secrets around her
Movie Details
- Director
- Adam Salky
- Release Date
- 2021-09-22
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (779)
Cast
- Freida Pinto
- Logan Marshall-Green
- Robert John Burke
- Megan Elisabeth Kelly
- Sarah Minnich
- Hayes Hargrove
- Mark Sivertsen
- Brandon Fierro
- Antonio Valles
- Clint Obenchain
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Intrusion about?
- After a home invasion disrupts a couple’s new small-town life, a woman’s search for safety becomes a tense investigation into the secrets surrounding her marriage.
- What is Intrusion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Intrusion as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Intrusion violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Intrusion as mild.
- What did critics think of Intrusion?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an underwhelming psychological thriller whose familiar premise and execution failed to generate sustained suspense.
- Which films are like Intrusion?
- Films with a similar feel include The Strangers, Arlington Road, and The Gift.
- How long is Intrusion?
- Intrusion runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Intrusion?
- In United States, Intrusion streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
