Bridgend
Kimstim Films | Release Date: May 6, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2
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83
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMay 5, 2016
A sinister dread pulses through Bridgend, one that is engrossing and terrifying. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 5, 2016
Even when the director pushes too far...the film’s formal severity feels appropriately claustrophobic — another form of authority closing in on the light. Read full review
67
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 5, 2016
There’s a lot that I like about what Rønde has done here to create a mood piece that chills your bones as it crescendos into abstraction. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyMay 5, 2016
Based on a real-life rash of teen suicides in Wales, Danish director Jeppe Rønde’s 2015 Tribeca winner feels like the sort of slow BBC America procedural you’d quickly give up on. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMay 6, 2016
Bridgend does have a life on its own beyond fact, but the narrative it offers in place of the headlines only further proves how phenomena like adolescence and death is better observed, not investigated. Read full review
60
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganMay 5, 2016
Ronde, who clearly identifies with the teenage perspective, has delivered some gorgeous sequences, nonetheless. Formerly a documentarian, his debut could be seen as a delicious experiment, tantalising audiences as to what he might do next. Or it could be dubbed chaotic and indulgent, an awkward misfire. Read full review
60
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiMay 5, 2016
Everything’s in service of the images in Bridgend, a stylishly shot, eerily scored and moodily acted film that wants for nothing but a plot. Depending on how you like your movies, this is either a walkout or a must-see. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick McCarthyMay 2, 2016
The film, with its dark-blue-hued cinematography and murky music, is all foreboding atmosphere. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungMay 5, 2016
A textbook example of how not to turn real-life headlines into big-screen drama, Jeppe Ronde's Bridgend is a toxic combination of the laughable and the reprehensible. Read full review
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