I, Olga Hepnarová
Outsider Pictures | Release Date: March 24, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
CineVueBen NicholsonMar 23, 2017
All of the film is handled in such a way: from the beautiful monochrome photography that only extends the disconnection Olga feels with the world, to the understated and haunting performances, particularly Olszanska's. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid ParkinsonMar 23, 2017
Atmospheric and engrossing, this meticulous recreation of time and place acquires an unsettling contemporary relevance through its analysis of the mindset of a mass murderer with a death wish. Read full review
70
Village VoiceTanner TafelskiMar 23, 2017
A top performance for this year so far, Olszanksa's Olga is standoffish, frequently smoldering, rarely smiling, and she toes the line between intelligence and insanity. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 23, 2017
Anchored by a startling performance by Michalina Olszanska, the Czech film “I, Olga Hepnarova” is an austere, hypnotic story of sadness, madness and murder. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireMar 24, 2017
Tomas Weinreb and Petr Kazda’s film, on the other hand, narrates a true-life crime but fails to provide an element that might’ve lifted it above tasteful art-house ordinariness—an engaging point of view. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayMar 20, 2017
The filmmakers take few measures to engender sympathy for Olga, but their prismatic take on her life, while novel, precludes making any resonant statements about homosexuality, emotional health, or humankind’s capacity for evil. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 23, 2017
Unforgivingly rigorous to its final, exactingly composed monochrome frame, I, Olga Hepnarova shows us scarcely a flickering moment of light or joy in its anti-heroine’s short, loveless life, depicted on screen from adolescence upwards. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonMar 23, 2017
Olszanska gives an impressively intense performance, if a little too mannered at first, but neither she nor the filmmakers ever get beneath the character's skin. Read full review
50
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganMar 23, 2017
I, Olga Hepnarova struggles with its difficult central character, always spiky and occasionally psychotic but never really as intriguing as the filmmakers clearly believe. Read full review
40
The GuardianLeslie FelperinMar 23, 2017
Even if you go into this film knowing absolutely nothing about the true story on which it’s based...you’ll sense something dreadful is going to happen because so much of it is crushingly dull. Read full review
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