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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Sound of My Voice offers promise and pay off at the same time. Star and writer Brit Marling is having a rare double-whammy of a debut.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSound of My Voice doesn't follow through on everything it sets up, yet it has a hushed and revealing psycho-intensity. It also has an oh-wow Twilight Zone ending that truly made me go, ''Oh, wow.''
- Like "Martha Marcy May Marlene," Sound Of My Voice plausibly demonstrates how someone's sense of self and certainty can be eroded, and like "Another Earth," it was co-written by actress Brit Marling, a melancholy, luminous presence as the group's leader.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttNow Batmanglij and Marling deliver another terrific and engrossing venture into speculative fiction, Sound of My Voice.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangTwo documentary filmmakers infiltrate a mysterious cult, only to find themselves drawn into the leader's insidious grip, in the taut, compelling low-budget feature Sound of My Voice.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinBatmanglij keeps the movie even-keeled, full of medium close-ups, underscored by ambient plinks and shimmers, with nothing to break the trance until a last scene that upends everything we thought we knew.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe film is thin and mannered, even though many of the mannerisms are intrinsic to its shrewd vision of cult behavior. There's no arguing, though - and who would want to? - Ms. Marling's extraordinary gift for taking the camera and weaving a spell.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearAmbiguities trump answers, and possibly even logic. For those who aren't burdened by such things, the loopy, off-kilter pace and frontal-lobe frying provide their own unconventional pleasures. It's a cult film, in more ways than one.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDespite some tough-to-take moments, this challenging, smart movie is worth the trip.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe bland, jittery visual "realism" can't counteract overheated performances of tin-eared dialogue, which strain for pulp but often land at soap.