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Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnShot in gorgeously expressionistic black-and-white and fusing multiple genres into a thoroughly original whole, Amirpour has crafted a beguiling, cryptic and often surprisingly funny look at personal desire that creeps up on you with the nimble powers of its supernatural focus.
- 91The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorIt's a new vampire classic, one to treasure endlessly.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijBeguiling in its strangeness, yet also effortlessly evoking recognizable emotions such as loneliness and the feeling of being stuck in a dead-end town and life, this moody and gorgeous film is finally more about atmosphere and emotions than narrative -- and none the worse for it.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIn the end, this morphing of ideas and styles is more deadpan romantic than sociocritical, and sweeter for it.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe plot’s tired blood is jumped up considerably by style; all in all, it's an intoxicating blend of eerie horror and ’80s pop, made by an artist to keep an eye on.
- 75Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezTo dismiss it as simply an act of hipster appropriation is to cop out, because appropriation is the film's thematic meat.
- 70The DissolveTasha RobinsonThe DissolveTasha RobinsonThe film sometimes seems to get lost in self-admiration and its own melancholy mood. Still, Amirpour maintains that mood exquisitely well.
- While the plot is too light to sink your teeth into, the dreamlike, David Lynch-style imagery is engrossing.
- 58The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFor much of the movie, nothing happens, and it’s not the rigorous, locked-in nothing of the long-take art film, but the slow-motion, music-montage nothing of the artsy American indie.