Into the Forest
A24 | Release Date: July 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceApril WolfeJul 28, 2016
This isn’t torture-porn dystopia; it’s a singular, honest, heartfelt portrait of sisterly devotion at the end of the world Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJul 28, 2016
Rozema has a careful but unflinching eye when it comes to presenting the physical and emotional traumas the sisters experience. Even when some of the events escalate to operatic, nearly mystical levels, the direction feels assured and solidly rooted. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 19, 2015
Beautiful and sensitive to character but gripping when it needs to be. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJul 29, 2016
The one major problem with Into the Forest, the one that keeps it from making that final leap of good movie to a potentially great one, is that the final third is just not quite as strong as the stuff that precedes it. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorJul 28, 2016
Both Page and Wood hand in tough yet delicate performances as, over the course of a year, adversity shapes their characters. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakJul 28, 2016
The journey is nuanced and subtle, though, just like its science-fiction premise. So don’t expect a thrill a minute. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartJul 28, 2016
Wood and Page generate a believable, prickly sibling closeness in Rozema’s unhurried but harrowing micro-portrait of how easily civilization could crumble. Read full review
75
ObserverOliver JonesJul 27, 2016
In the hands of these two talented and well-matched actors, Into the Forest proves that this bond is powerful enough to sustain us. Read full review
75
The PlaylistCharles BramescoSep 19, 2015
The film’s depiction of societal breakdown remains firmly planted in the realm of real human emotion, testing the resolve of two young women and unearthing awe-inspiring reserves of strength and tenderness in the process. Read full review
70
Screen DailyDavid D'ArcySep 19, 2015
It’s an inspiring story, acted with heart and grit by Paige and Wood, and film directed with adroitness by Rozema in a ruin of a set in the woods. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 29, 2016
Rozema's minimalist approach pays dividends until a final third hobbled by overdone effects and a thrashing musical score. Too bad. The story being told on the faces of Page and Wood had eloquence and power enough to hold us rapt. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJul 27, 2016
Indeed, there are stretches of Into The Forest during which one could momentarily forget that it’s a survivalist tale at all… or even that it’s taking place in the middle of nowhere, for that matter. The essential becomes irrelevant. Read full review
58
ConsequenceRandall ColburnMay 24, 2016
At its core, it’s a simple and triumphant tale of sisterhood, but with so much ladled on top of it it begins to feel as though it’s grasping for a grandeur it doesn’t need. Sometimes, even the most intense emotions can benefit from a light touch. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 28, 2016
Page and Wood navigate this difficult, often half-formed material with great tenderness and surgical precision — together, through thick and thin, they convey a feeling of great personal growth, revealing new wrinkles to their roles long after Rozema’s camera has stopped looking for them. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 28, 2016
Ms. Rozema tries to build tension and sustain interest by thickening the atmosphere and layering on details rather than big incidents. Yet while she creates intimacy as well as interiority by visually closing in on each sister...the movie lacks urgency. Read full review
50
VarietyScott TobiasSep 19, 2015
Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are both superb in the lead roles, but Rozema’s emphasis on the primacy of family and nature exposes a deficit of visual and narrative imagination. Read full review
40
The GuardianNigel M SmithSep 19, 2015
Patricia Rozema’s drama doesn’t burrow deep into its end of world scenario. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJul 25, 2016
Essentially a post-apocalyptic telenovela, it sanitizes the concept of sisterhood, and even womanhood. Read full review
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