Goodnight Mommy
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): September 16, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonSep 26, 2022
In the end, Goodnight Mommy contains a great balance of intrigue, shock, and entertainment. The film also captures the need for a mother’s love and truly thrives when it settles into the more intricate and intimate part of its storytelling. The cast does an incredible job conveying these underlying themes in addition to leaving enough open for audiences to interpret and figure out on their own. Read full review
70
VarietyMichael NordineSep 15, 2022
Watts, a veteran of the genre despite never quite being a scream queen, is delightfully disturbing in a role that requires her to mask her character’s true nature as well as her face. Read full review
67
IndieWireChristian ZilkoSep 21, 2022
It’s a film that seemingly aims to be average, but unlike so many other remakes, it actually achieves that goal. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 17, 2022
Fans of the first Goodnight Mommy may find it a pale, pointless copy. Newcomers, though? They should be suitably creeped out … but, alas, not wrecked. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredJackson LangfordSep 16, 2022
With gripping performances from the Crovetti brothers to keep us intrigued enough to keep us watching until the end, Goodnight Mommy still manages to unmask some thrills — even if the strength of its source material ties it down. Read full review
58
Paste MagazineJim VorelSep 19, 2022
Any time Goodnight Mommy tiptoes toward the brink, there’s a hand waiting to yank it back toward mundanity. Read full review
50
IGNMatt DonatoSep 16, 2022
Goodnight Mommy might be passable as a standalone, but it’s impossible to recommend over the original. Matt Sobel and ​​Kyle Warren venture somewhere new that still doesn’t differentiate nearly enough for its quieter approach. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 15, 2022
Matt Sobel’s overhaul tones down the cruelty and eliminates the more grotesque touches, resulting in a chamber drama that never gets under the skin. Read full review
50
ColliderAlyse WaxSep 15, 2022
It is still a well-made film, with fantastic acting and a beautiful, modern house set out in the middle of nowhere, but it is not the shocker that it was when it was new. Knowing the twist, and the minor changes that were made for an American audience really soften the movie. If you enjoyed the original, the American remake would be perfect fodder for your parents. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 15, 2022
Kyle Warren’s screenplay is potent enough to generate several moments of suspense, and Watts, an exceptional actor sidelined too often by poor choices, is not the problem here. That would be the decision to jettison the children’s most creative cruelties — and consequently much of the movie’s tension — and a director, Matt Sobel, who’s determined to steer the audience toward a specific interpretation of events. Read full review
45
SlashfilmErin BradySep 17, 2022
Goodnight Mommy isn't a downright horrible movie, but it certainly won't stick with you. Well, maybe the ending will, but that's not a good thing. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubMurtada ElfadlSep 20, 2022
The original Austrian film had shock value and genuine, gruesome horror. This new Americanized version sands the edges off of the narrative every chance it gets. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 20, 2022
Sobel’s direction feels a little lesser when compared with his leading lady, relying on dream sequences to push us to the edge, never getting anywhere close to the iciness of the original or finding anything distinctive enough to separate the aesthetic of his take. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreySep 16, 2022
All in all, the film is exactly as you’d imagine a Hollywood remake to be. It’s too po-faced, too stripped of its meanness. And so drearily inevitable. Read full review
40
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeSep 15, 2022
So much of the film’s brutality has been removed in favor of melodrama and CGI fake-outs that it doesn’t matter that the cast is bringing their A-game. The game has already been called due to lack of interest. Read full review
35
PolygonDeirdre CrimminsSep 16, 2022
2014’s Goodnight Mommy is one of the best horror films of the last decade, but nearly every element that contributed to that quality has been ignored or reversed in this disappointment of a remake. Not all remakes are unequivocal failures, but this one is. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiSep 16, 2022
This "Goodnight Mommy" replicates the basic story beats of the original but leaves out all of the tension, ambiguity, and nasty invention that made that earlier effort so effective in the first place. Read full review
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