- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 13, 2025 (3 weeks ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Production companies
- A24 · MACRO · Makeready
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- R
Opus

Cast
Juliette LewisClara Armstrong
Ayo EdebiriAriel
John MalkovichMoretti
Murray BartlettStan
Amber MidthunderBelle
Young MazinoKent
Tatanka MeansNajee
Tony HaleSoledad Yusef
Stephanie SuganamiEmily
Tamera TomakiliRachel
Peter DisethJorg
Melissa ChambersBianca Tyson
Mark SivertsenBill Lotto
Aspen MartinezMaude
Orion CarringtonJournalist
Lily Joy WinderMakeup Artist
Jasper KeenLee
Sarah May SommersKaraoke Singer
Aimee McGuireEditor #2
Samantha ChristineLevelist
Jeremiah CoreMiddle Aged Man
Michael E. StognerLevelist / Artist
Tristan ManyhorsesStans concierge
John FreelykirkLevelist
Justin PeachOdd Man / Levelist
Lex LotitoYoung Mom
Chris HighlandsEditor #3
Justin PerryEditor #1
Crew
Producers
Reviews
'Opus' a hopeless pop music satire that mashes up movie genres into pure cacophony The violence is over the top, as is the acting from a skilled cast including Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich and Juliette Lewis.
‘Opus’ review: John Malkovich and Ayo Edebiri match wits in an album release party gone wild Though not quite wild enough. Malkovich plays a reclusive music superstar, but the cult-of-celebrity satire of “Opus” never quite sorts out its thriller ...
‘Opus’ review: John Malkovich turn as crazy pop legend can’t save predictable horror film Ayo Edebiri stars as a journalist who gains an all-access pass to a reclusive celebrity and regrets it.
'Opus' review: John Malkovich plays pop superstar in clumsy thriller The famously intense actor is a bad fit for the role of a dance-pop megastar in Mark Anthony Green's debut film.
Opus Ayo Edebiri visits the culty compound of John Malkovich's pop star in Mark Anthony Green's horror-thriller. Read the Empire review.
Opus film review — John Malkovich turns mysterious pop star in hip horror The actor brings his distinctive poise to a hackneyed media satire co-starring Ayo Edebiri
Opus Review - HeyUGuys Mark Anthony Green’s directorial debut, Opus, ambitiously blends horror and satire in an attempt to deconstruct the mystique of celebrity culture. However,...
‘Opus’ Review: Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich Can’t Rescue This Celebrity Cult Horror Misfire In Mark Anthony Green's debut feature, also starring Tony Hale, Juliette Lewis and Murray Bartlett, a young writer scores an invite to the remote compound of...
A24’s cult thriller Opus is yet another superficial riff on Midsommar – review Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich headline this unconvincing celebrity satire – and we’ve been here before (and too recently)
‘Opus’ Review: Ayo Edebiri Battles John Malkovich’s Cult in a Sinister but Shallow A24 Horror Movie 'Opus' Review out of Sundance Film Festival. A24's latest stars Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich in horror send up of celebrity worship. REVIEW.
Opus: John Malkovich’s bopping saves this inventive but frustrating horror film Ayo Edebiri is a notebook-clutching Nancy Drew in this exploration of cult celebrity
Sundance: In 'Opus,' John Malkovich plays a pop star in a sloppy slasher that spills blood and ink This A24 debut by a former GQ journalist stars Ayo Edebiri of "The Bear" as an ambitious writer who tries to survive the assignment from hell.
Opus review – Off-key pop industry satire misses all its cues John Malkovich is an electro pop god with an axe to grind in this glossy music industry horror-satire by debut director Mark Anthony Green
What to watch: 2 amazing, if gritty, series debut this week One series about a teenager accused of murder, and another about 2 drug dealers in over their heads, are well worth your time.
‘Opus’ review: bizarre but funky pop star thriller The return of a ‘90s icon isn't all its cracked up to be
‘Opus,’ with Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, is a wreck at Sundance To watch “Opus,” the muddled semi-satire starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is to witness a movie go f...
‘Opus’ Review: A New Album They’re Dying to Hear John Malkovich plays a ’90s pop star who emerges from retirement with a bloody agenda.
‘Opus’ Review: Pop-Star Cult of Personality Thriller Never Finds Its Groove This satirical thriller — starring John Malkovich as a pop-star cult leader and Ayo Edebiri as the reporter that sees through him — takes aim at the atte...
Opus movie review & film summary (2025) A film that mistakes opening your mouth for actually having something to say.
'Opus' Gives us John Malkovich, Pop Superstar Playing a reclusive singer who invites journalists to his cult-like compound, the actor nearly saves this muddled, satirical horror movie. Nearly.
‘Opus’: Sundance Review Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich face the music in this predictable horror
Opus Review: This Cult Horror Comedy Is Too Familiar For Its Own Good [Sundance] - SlashFilm Opus, the new cult horror-comedy from A24 featuring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, relies too heavily on twists and familiar story elements.
Review: Music-world cult comedy Opus doesn’t exactly earn a standing ovation Opus, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, isn’t able to keep up the tension of its cult-horror mystery
'Opus' Review: Ayo Edebiri And John Malkovich Face-Off In A 'Mid' Genre Mishmash Ayo Edebiri And John Malkovich are the best part of Mark Anthony Green's horror thriller 'Opus,' which takes too long to truly surprise
Opus review — John Malkovich is miscast in a toothless celebrity satire The actor stars as a reclusive pop icon opposite Ayo Edebiri’s ambitious journalist in this clumsy, half-cocked horror
‘Opus’ Review: John Malkovich Has a Fever, and the Only Prescription Is a Better Movie Ayo Edebiri stars as a journalist who covers a reclusive recording artist, played by John Malkovich, in the A24 horror film "Opus."
Movie review: ‘Opus’ a messy mashup of previous A24 films It’s “a vacuous and nearly unwatchable effort,” the critic says.
‘Opus’ Review: Even Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich Can’t Save A24’s Exceedingly Silly Horror Send-Up of Fandom Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich lead Mark Anthony Green’s music fandom send-up thriller 'Opus,' which delivers neither good songs, nor deep chills.
A Slithery, Singing John Malkovich Is All Opus Has Going for It It’s frankly shocking that nobody has asked him to play a pop star until now.
Review: 'Opus' is a painfully rough translation of an urgent, hungry filmmaking mind Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich can't rescue 'Opus' from itself.