Holland
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): March 27, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
14
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannMar 11, 2025
Cave's assured direction creates a sickly sweet, dreamy world, and though its story sometimes lacks the dynamism it needs to fully connect, Kidman, unsurprisingly, carries the film over the finish line. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 11, 2025
Director Cave stages some nicely gripping scenes of suspense, toggling between camp and grit as nimbly as the swoony soundtrack, which occasionally cuts out for comic effect. Read full review
60
TheWrapChase HutchinsonMar 11, 2025
It is her performance that ensures every tonal shift lands as it goes from playfully comedic to delightfully dark and back again. Despite how overstuffed and unwieldy it gets, seeing Kidman work her magic at every turn will never not be a joy to see. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 11, 2025
Holland blossoms in the space where all-American domestic fantasy ends and nightmares begin, but never quite delivers on its premise, if only because the resolution feels so familiar. Read full review
58
The PlaylistKate SanchezMar 11, 2025
Holland is full of good ideas, good acting, and stylish design. However, it is too much to overcome with a meandering narrative and a deeply exploitative main character that oscillates between being framed as sympathetic and unlikeable. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreMar 28, 2025
The problem with Holland is that Cave has no aptitude for tone. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 27, 2025
The film’s unusual backdrop, unresolved subplots and dream-sequence fakeouts are ultimately all distractions from a story that doesn’t make much sense. Read full review
50
IGNKatie RifeMar 19, 2025
Although Holland takes place in a unique setting full of kitschy Midwestern details, even Nicole Kidman in frustrated-housewife mode can’t sustain the sloppily plotted thriller. Read full review
50
IndieWireRyan LattanzioMar 12, 2025
Cave’s work here is weighed down by a tensionless Andrew Sodorski-penned script that lacks intrigue and takes about an hour and a half to get going. Then, the movie is over. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 11, 2025
Unfortunately, the film’s off-kilter tone and the characters’ beguiling opacity only enrapture for so long. The constant commentary about the banality of suburbia deadens the story, and a couple of late-reel twists fail to satisfy. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeMar 11, 2025
Holland boasts striking advancements in the director’s style and committed performances from Kidman, Macfadyen and Bernal, but these qualities can’t quite save a narrative fundamentally confused about its purpose. Read full review
40
EmpireIana MurrayMar 27, 2025
Nicole Kidman has perfected the art of the wronged housewife, but that’s not enough to elevate the shallow nightmare of Holland. This derivative thriller is in need of some Dutch courage. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyMar 27, 2025
Holland, with its floral wallpapers and porcelain figurines, and scenes that consistently end with a flare of violins, gestures aggressively towards kitsch. But Sodorski’s story is plain, dry melodrama. There’s not a lick of the camp, the satirical, or the demented in sight. Read full review
40
ColliderNate RichardMar 17, 2025
It's evident Cave tried her best to steer the ship, but the story feels aimless, and moments after things get interesting, Holland cuts to credits, leaving you equally puzzled and burned out. Read full review
40
The GuardianAdrian HortonMar 11, 2025
It squanders the talents of its star, especially for this particular brand of unsettling, on a bizarrely paced script that adds up to nothing. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittMar 27, 2025
[Kidman's] Lifetime-esque potboiler centers on a bored working mom who discovers her husband might not be on the level, but while the locale is postcard idyllic, the narrative is a never-ending slog, only getting halfway interesting with a silly third-act twist and a suddenly bloody finale. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineRocco T. ThompsonMar 12, 2025
The discomfort in watching Holland is not knowing if something is intended or, like the main character, you’re looking for things that aren’t there. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 10, 2025
It’s a story about how people hide their true selves behind costumes like the perfect wife or even the forced whimsy of Tulip Season. Its tragic misstep is how much it refuses to actually look under those surfaces. Read full review
30
SlateDana StevensMar 31, 2025
It appears to be relying on name recognition to garner an initial burst of curious viewers before word gets out about what a dud it is. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMar 24, 2025
Cave, who gained notice with much-lauded Hulu feminist horror film “Fresh” (2022), is too busy condescending to her characters to be invested in what happens to them. Read full review
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