Agnes
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: December 10, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinThom ErnstDec 9, 2021
Agnes is a genre breaker that veers into unanticipated areas of drama, some of it absurd, some street-wise, and yet inescapably entertaining. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDec 14, 2021
I will admit, the fact that Oklahoma oddball Mickey Reece had recently become the cinematic flavor of the month left me cold and baffled, especially with his breakout festival hit Climate of the Hunter. Yet the excellence of religious chiller Agnes finally means you can mark me as a true believer. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpDec 23, 2021
Agnes should excite viewers who like their demonic possession films and nun content fresh; there are nuns, and there is demonic possession, but there’s also Reece’s stubborn commitment to picking a niche and sticking with his aesthetic, which can be summed up as “characters kibitzing in dingy spaces.” Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyDec 10, 2021
Cinematographer Samuel Calvin is to be commended for his striking work, and Reece shows an intuitive understanding of when to move the camera, and—more importantly—when not to move the camera. It's all very elegantly put together. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerDec 9, 2021
From the cult Oklahoma director Mickey Reece, the horror film Agnes is funny – both funny ha-ha (in sly ways) and funny-peculiar all around. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichDec 9, 2021
Agnes may start as a slaphappy pastiche of a particular horror sub-genre, but — like Anna Biller’s “The Love Witch” before it — the film’s veil of irony proves sneakily disarming. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeDec 5, 2021
The film is a thoughtful examination of the human desire for it and the accompanying hope that it may exorcise the emptiness we feel. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 9, 2021
Sometimes this movie is unsettling; sometimes it’s funny. Mostly it’s a strange and fascinating inquiry into the nature of belief, which takes viewers far away from where it begins and then leaves it to them to find their way back. Read full review
66
Paste MagazineAurora AmidonDec 9, 2021
The nun horror subgenre is a particularly difficult one to master because it is so overdone, and it inherently engages with so many ambitious themes. If you’re brave enough to tackle it, you’d better be sure you’re bringing something special to the table and, with it, have something substantial to say. Read full review
60
Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaDec 18, 2021
Unpredictability is Agnes' greatest strength; its genre-hybridity lends a mixed bag of emotions, ultimately emerging as a raw tale about loss. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 23, 2021
I can’t say it necessarily comes off, although I’m not out-of-line declaring that it doesn’t pay off — not in a horror movie or crisis-of-faith melodrama sense. Read full review
39
TheWrapYolanda MachadoDec 13, 2021
While director Reece has some 20 films to his credit in the last decade alone, it appears that he still doesn’t quite have a handle on either plot or pacing. Read full review
30
The New York TimesLena WilsonDec 9, 2021
There is a clear through line of faithlessness in the script by Reece and John Selvidge, but it is otherwise so aimless and underdeveloped as to turn this 93-minute film into a plodding slog. Read full review
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