On
Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 9% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 3.7/10.
Varietys
Owen Gleiberman described
The Unspoken as a blending of "standard glossy horror tropes executed with scary ineptitude." Neil Genzlinger of
The New York Times similarly characterized the film as derivative, writing, "some of the frights work reasonably well; and Ms. Ferland is convincing. But there aren't enough surprises or innovations to make this one stand out in the sea of horror fare that comes along this time of year." Justin Lowe of
The Hollywood Reporter described the film as being hampered by an "uneven script, which vacillates between horror and thriller, although it's not particularly exemplary of either genre", and wrote that the film "[falls] back on jump scares, assaultive music cues and poltergeist-driven SFX". ==References==