Greta
Focus Features | Release Date: March 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
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18
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Observer (UK)Simran HansApr 22, 2019
Mostly, though, as a B-movie, Greta works; the moments in which it leans into its own silliness are its best. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 18, 2019
This film isn’t a nadir at all – it’s divertingly loony – but Jordan has rarely had less urgent things to say to us. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 18, 2019
In all her signature deadpan intimidation, Huppert somehow gives the impression of being an exceptionally intelligent and self-possessed person who has never before acted in a film. Read full review
60
EmpireKambole CampbellApr 16, 2019
Despite a familiar, somewhat tedious set-up, Greta truly comes into its own in the final act, a ’90s thriller throwback elevated by Isabelle Huppert tearing up the scenery and dancing all over it. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneMar 4, 2019
If you lack a taste for such hokum, Greta is still worth seeing, for the sake of Isabelle Huppert: an A-grade performer, by any standard, as shown in the rigors of “The Piano Teacher” (2001) and the vengeful perversity of “Elle” (2016). Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicGarrett MitchellFeb 28, 2019
With moments that harken to De Palma's "Carrie" (the claustrophobic toy box mimics Carrie's closet) and even "The Hunger," Greta is a mishmash of tropes masterfully compiled into a chilly and taut flick Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottFeb 27, 2019
It's undeniably a B-movie in disguise, leaning heavily on formula and well-established movie tropes to tell a familiar story. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottFeb 26, 2019
The point, and the fun, is the wild mischief of Huppert’s performance, which grows lighter and more joyful as Greta’s behavior slides from menacing to murderous. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangFeb 26, 2019
Directed by the gifted but erratic Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, the movie is thin, rote and silly but, Huppert being Huppert, it’s good for a diabolical chuckle or two. Read full review
59
Paste MagazineTim GriersonFeb 28, 2019
There’s a natural tendency to want to like Greta so that you don’t feel like a killjoy or a snob. But as much as I appreciated Jordan and his actors’ balance of high and low, I rarely treasured its trashiness. Read full review
50
Original-CinJim SlotekFeb 28, 2019
Huppert is an actress of great depth, so playing a monster in the shallow end of the pool is no great accomplishment. But she is great at staring with piercing intent. And she knows how to make a scene. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 28, 2019
Despite the first-rate production values and the game performances from the cast, “Greta” can’t escape from the formulaic screenplay that dogs it at every turn. It’s almost as if it’s being stalked by mediocrity itself. Read full review
50
Vanity FairRichard LawsonFeb 28, 2019
Huppert and Jordan are certainly capable of turning up the volume, but for whatever reason they pull back in Greta, getting stuck somewhere between shlockly art and arty schlock. That’s not a good place to be, even if it is a Greta one. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 28, 2019
The script by Jordan and Ray Wright, from Wright’s story, wastes little time in getting to what “Fatal Attraction” enthusiasts might call the bunny-boiling bits. But the movie frustrates. And it squanders Huppert, which really is a waste. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 27, 2019
Greta is not just silly but obvious, and without any hint of a larger purpose, beyond hitting the various plot points of the human monster genre. Twenty minutes before the finish, it degenerates into a joke, and not a good one, but just fair enough to see through to the end. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 27, 2019
Greta is a disappointment from Jordan, who’s made far better movies (“The Crying Game,” “The End of the Affair” and, more recently, the elegant vampire film “Byzantium”), but Huppert seizes hold of the film and chills it, in a way that’s both shiver-inducing and bracing. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinFeb 21, 2019
The film is intense and features a performance by Chloë Grace Moretz that’s more committed than this swill deserves. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 10, 2018
It’s everything and nothing, a familiar regurgitation of a formula with precious little to add. Read full review
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