Horse Girl
Netflix | Release Date: February 7, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Rolling StoneDavid FearFeb 7, 2020
Whether you buy the ending or not is something between you and your own personal suspension-of-disbelief deity, but you can’t say that the star doesn’t commit to selling the character’s arc 100 percent. Insanity suits her. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiFeb 5, 2020
Horse Girl’s big weakness is that it can’t decide how much ambiguity to provide its central character, or how seriously it wants to present Sarah’s breakdown (or, if you read the film another way, her awakening). Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandFeb 1, 2020
Brie’s delicate performance nearly rescues both Sarah and “Horse Girl” from falling into the awkward traps it sets for itself, hedging on the tough stuff in favor of weirdness for its own sake, faux-arty style over anything that could offer the slightest interest in healing, for either its star or her story. Read full review
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The PlaylistJason BaileyFeb 1, 2020
Brie’s work is worth celebrating, and the ambition of the project is admirable. But a picture like this has to float on more than good intentions. Read full review
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Screen RantChris AgarFeb 11, 2020
Ultimately, Horse Girl is a tricky film to unpack. On one hand, it's fine that it doesn't provide easy answers for the questions it poses, but even dedicated cinephiles may find Horse Girl abstruse and challenging to a fault. Read full review
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ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 10, 2020
Taken as a whole, the approach doesn’t work and ultimately comes across as more off-putting than successful. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 7, 2020
Horse Girl makes a nice showcase for a writer/actress with range and fearlessness. It’s just that — dread aside — the film feels lightweight and frothy, first scene to last. She’s put her all into a character that keeps us at arm’s length and a movie that’s not serious enough for its subject — mental illness. Read full review
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The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanFeb 6, 2020
Horse Girl delves into a troubled mind only to get lost among its oddities, forgetting the sensitivity that drew it there in the first place. Read full review
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The GuardianAdrian HortonFeb 11, 2020
The ambition of Horse Girl ultimately gets the better of it, turning what could be a dark but insightful depiction on signs missed in a mental health crisis into an agreement on one’s madness – a game of what’s real, and what’s not, that feels unsettling to play. Read full review
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