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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceCalum MarshVillage VoiceCalum MarshSurprising, challenging, and never less than thrilling.
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineNathan Silver captures the young-adult experience, particularly the agony of first sexual pangs, in films that deftly mix beguilement and repulsion.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeEtxeberria is a good match for the film's Cassavetes-inspired character study. She's no Gena Rowlands, but this woman is clearly under the influence of something that might destroy more lives than hers.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergFrom a dramatic standpoint, the movie can be unconvincing... From a formal standpoint, though, the movie impresses, maintaining a sense of anxiety through tight shots and a sound design that favors overlapping voices and constant clatter.
- 25New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeCarl Kranz, as a possibly autistic boy enamored of Natalia, offers his scenes some heart. But Soft in the Head is drab, ramshackle stuff — up in everyone’s face, and finding very little there.