Allure
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: March 16, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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IndieWireJude DryJan 19, 2018
Tightly written and sensitively rendered, the devastating film is propelled by masterful performances, led by a bewitching Wood in the role she was born to play. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshMar 15, 2018
Allure is powered by Wood's intense charisma. Laura deploys her magnetic gaze as a weapon, though the destruction she wreaks is most often directed at herself. The character's situation is always untenable, and as it collides with inevitability, the co-writer-director Sanchez brothers lose the tight grip of control they've maintained over the story. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 19, 2018
Despite a threadbare screenplay featuring overfamiliar motifs, the movie gains traction as a result of a committed, riveting performance by Evan Rachel Wood. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMar 16, 2018
Wood, whose whippet-thin appearance in this dank noir-ish drama semi-draped in mystery could be described as Kristen Stewart lite, fully dedicates herself to embodying a rather unpleasant and contradictory character as she attracts her prey and then goes about abusing them physically and emotionally. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithMar 13, 2018
Evan Rachel Wood and Julia Sarah Stone have a natural chemistry together that brings a feverish and unsettling intensity to their characters' tumultuous relationship, but there's no reprieve from the dour tone of the film. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakJan 19, 2018
We’re shown damning cycles feeding on each other that prove worse when their hypocrisy and irony is acknowledged. And both Wood and Stone will make you scream and cry depending on what they allow or ignite. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorApr 5, 2018
The drama is memorable but often feels grimly unpleasant rather than moving. And, as always, it’s frustrating to see Montreal cast as some anonymous and unilingual North American city. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschJan 19, 2018
Sluggish and somber, with nary a wink, chuckle or sigh of relief to mitigate the misery, the film is a slog. That's unfortunate, because the writer-directors have a strong visual sense, and, in Wood, a magnetic lead. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 15, 2018
The filmmakers seem less concerned with telling a story than in convincing the audience (and maybe themselves) that they can handle this provocative and potentially exploitive material they’ve contrived with what’s conventionally considered “appropriate” sensitivity. Read full review
75
The PlaylistLena WilsonMar 16, 2018
It’s a well-made, gutsy film. So, if you can withstand the whole soul-crushing feature, you’ll probably be glad you stuck it out. If “glad” is an emotion you can still feel afterward. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanJan 19, 2018
A Worthy Companion is a lacerating snapshot of what abuse really does: how it can tear away someone’s identity. Read full review
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