Immaculate
Neon | Release Date: March 22, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
19
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

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60
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 29, 2024
Many things in this film have an off-kilter absurdity, for good and bad. Read full review
60
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonMar 22, 2024
The standouts are certainly more on the technical side, with Elisha Christian’s cinematography, Will Bates’ score, and Mohan’s close-ups. Then, there’s Sweeney, who, without a shadow of a doubt, convinced me of her acting skills thanks to what she was able to accomplish through her emotional and physical performance. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMar 22, 2024
Entertainly, director Michael Mohan, who worked with Sweeney on the 2021 thriller The Voyeurs, twigs that the Catholic Church isn’t just a source of spiritual tension, but a terrific arsenal too. Immaculate makes imaginative use of crucifixes, rosaries, and at least one crucifixion nail in all kinds of ways the Papacy didn’t intend. Read full review
60
EmpireKim NewmanMar 20, 2024
Immaculate has the look of something as lightly spooky as the Nun films, but is prepared to go a lot further — abetted by a committed lead performance — than your average haunted convent picture. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 18, 2024
Immaculate goes all in on the yuck, but leaves the rest high and dry. Read full review
60
Total FilmKevin HarleyMar 14, 2024
You’ll flinch, yes, but you’ll forget it just as quickly. Read full review
60
IGNKatie RifeMar 13, 2024
It’s beautifully shot, and very loud. But much of the film is simply too mild and reliant on jump scares, and Syndey Sweeney’s performance doesn’t achieve the hysterical heights a movie like this needs until it’s too late. Read full review
58
The Film StageCaleb HammondMar 22, 2024
There are a host of avenues the film could’ve explored that might have given audiences more to chew on and make Cecilia’s journey more engaging; Immaculate opts for a straightforward approach that delivers the violent ending it seeks but squanders the potential of its promising setup in the process. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah-Tai BlackMar 25, 2024
While its penultimate scene returns to its affections for shock and gore, there remains a feeling that it’s been apologetically tacked on to a final act that is, overall, lacking in any other sort of fun or thrilling narrative twists and turns. Read full review
50
Little White LiesHannah StrongMar 22, 2024
Despite the best efforts of DoP Elisha Christian to create a striking visual identity, the film ultimately brings little to well-trodden cinematic ground, even in its hell-for-leather finale. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 21, 2024
Despite a promising beginning, “Immaculate” relies too much on jump-scares and disturbing imagery for the sake of shock, and flies off the rails with an absolutely bonkers climactic sequence that plays like something out of a cheap horror film. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryMar 21, 2024
Sweeney ably carries the film on that level, though there are beats courtesy of director Michael Mohan and screenwriter Andrew Lobel as likely to elicit uncomfortable chuckles from the audience as fear. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 20, 2024
The only thing this second-rate scarefest truly succeeds in doing, however, is giving Sweeney a hell of a showcase. Read full review
50
The Associated PressLindsey BahrMar 20, 2024
There were some lofty ideas behind “Immaculate” that seem underserved (about bodily autonomy and such) and she gets several memorable movie star moments, but I want more for Sweeney than whatever this adds up to. Read full review
50
ColliderMatt DonatoMar 13, 2024
Sweeney takes plenty of risks in a lead role that’s rigorous and emotionally demanding, but the film ultimately feels a bit surface level considering how it approaches horror. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeMar 13, 2024
Immaculate works best when it abandons its attempts to be a kind of surrealist portrait of Catholic terror and leans into the campy horror of B movies. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastColeman SpildeMar 13, 2024
Though Immaculate won’t raise any hairs, it should boost Sweeney’s career. She transcends all of the triteness, proving herself to be the megawatt actress with virtuoso potential that she’s already demonstrated herself to be. Read full review
42
Original-CinChris KnightMar 21, 2024
Director Michael Mohan, who also directed Sweeney in 2021’s The Voyeurs, creates a wildly uneven tone here, with a film that starts out promising to be a supernatural horror before segueing into something far more prosaic. Read full review
40
SlashfilmWitney SeiboldMar 21, 2024
Hidden somewhere in Immaculate is a stirring and topical drama about the way male-driven religious institutions claim ownership over women's bodies. Read full review
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