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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangFilmmaking craft is not the issue here, it’s the timidity of the storytelling that sits in sharp contrast to the boldness of some of the visual and sonic experimentation.
- 50The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeViewers who thought nothing much happened in "It Comes At Night" are advised to steer clear.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWoodshock offers a whole lot to look at, but not all that much to see.
- 42Paste MagazinePaste MagazineWoodshock is a movie which doesn’t seem to have much interest in being a movie. It revels in images and sensations...without much mind paid to story or character development or really even any context demanded by the difficult issues it raises.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe main problem is that the directors often struggle to assign meaning to their images that helps advance either the narrative or illuminate the emotional state of their main character.
- 30Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyThere’s a thin, and very jagged, line between the radical mosaic approach to editing and narrative of a film like Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color and the impressionistic jigsaw vagueness of Woodshock, which simply seems reluctant to commit itself to mere coherence, as if that simply were too unchic.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisUnlike their spring 2018 fashion collection, Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s first foray into moviemaking, “Woodshock,” is depressingly dull and terminally inarticulate.
- 30Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenWith its gauzily surreal touches, Woodshock reflects the Mulleavys’ romantic flair for texture and embellishment. But as Theresa’s guilt and self-medication mount, along with the film’s profoundly muddled ideas about assisted suicide, the curated trance grows mind-numbing. It’s a death trip with pretty lingerie.
- 25Slant MagazineHenry StewartSlant MagazineHenry StewartIt becomes the obnoxious equivalent of trying to have a serious conversation with people who are high out of their minds.