When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
The Thing has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Thing was released in 2011 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1,049 reviews, giving The Thing (2011) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 56%.
With a score of 55%, The Thing is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2011, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2011 with similar scores include films like I Am Number Four, Johnny English Reborn and Grave Encounters.
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