Earwig
Juno Films | Release Date: July 15, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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The PlaylistJason BaileySep 18, 2021
Movies like “Earwig” defy criticism or even explanation. ... Lucile Hadžihalilović took a risk by making a movie this peculiar; it feels like the least we can do is take a risk by watching it. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJun 14, 2022
It hardly needs to be said that the film will not be for everyone. But even those frustrated by the knotted plotting will admit that Hadžihalilović masters the crucial trick of presenting the narrative as if it makes sense to itself. Read full review
80
CineVueMartyn ConterioJun 7, 2022
In a just world, Hadžihalilović would be as acclaimed as somebody like Tim Burton, whose greatest films boast a spiritual connection of sorts to the French director. Read full review
70
Little White LiesSaffron MaeveJun 10, 2022
Earwig consciously lacks the clarity we’re taught to ultimately expect from mysteries – but then Hadžihalilović is not in the business of making clear-cut whodunits. In opting to take a less-trodden path, she creates something sensuously distinct but narratively ambivalent. Read full review
67
The Film StageC.J. PrinceSep 18, 2021
When it’s not falling into the traps of prestige horror with arbitrary vagueness, Earwig has power to pull viewers into its strange, menacing universe—enough to make this experience worthwhile. Read full review
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichSep 18, 2021
The result is an impressionistic film that flirts with slow cinema on its way towards something more incantatory; a film that doesn’t want to lull you to sleep so much as it wants to lure you into a place so dark and dreamy that you can no longer be certain that you’re still awake. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJul 15, 2022
Hadžihalilović's latest is both too hazy to make a great adaptation and too focused to be genuinely dream-like. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJul 14, 2022
Hadzihalilovic is an expert conjurer of other worlds, and “Earwig” unearths a startlingly seductive array of visual and sonic textures that don’t quite add up to much more than a powerful mood. Read full review
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The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJun 11, 2022
Earwig, the director’s first English-language film, lacks the macabre logic of Evolution, or the precision of Innocence; the audience is left fumbling for meaning in the gloom. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 17, 2021
A fog of menace descends on this hauntingly photographed, oppressive and driftingly directionless movie from Lucile Hadzihalilovic. It has the intensively curated atmosphere of body-horror noir – if not the conventional plot structure – and some way into the running time you might find yourself awakened from its reverie of formless anxiety by a sudden, horrifying stab of violence. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerSep 18, 2021
Viewers looking for explanations should probably stay away, but those willing to be carried by the film’s casual pace and haunting aesthetic will find there are few places like it in contemporary cinema. Read full review
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VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 27, 2022
Earwig teeters on the brink of ennui for most of its taxing two-hour running time, asking us to care about characters the film hasn’t really defined. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim RobeyJun 10, 2022
This is at the very least a beautifully designed failure, marrying crepuscular photography with faultless art direction, and blessed by a gorgeous, otherworldly score by Augustin Viard, a specialist in the ondes Martenot. It looks and sounds so darkly inviting – but sends you home unsated. Read full review
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