Kill Me Please
Cinema Slate | Release Date: September 1, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 14, 2017
Kill Me Please acknowledges the dark and riotous physical energy of teen girls in this tribute to slasher films and coming-of-age comedies that proves to be a new classic from first frame to last. Read full review
90
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 31, 2017
Anita Rocha da Silveira’s arresting debut feature captures the queasy mix of desire and fear among kids who are sexually inexperienced, yet can think of little else. Pop kitsch, social satire, dreamy narrative unreliability and retro giallo-thriller vibes further flavor a movie at once bold and cryptic. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 31, 2017
Like the teenage girls who monopolize its attention, Kill Me Please is moody, lovely, preening and libidinous. Read full review
83
IndieWireMichael NordineSep 2, 2017
Kill Me Please is as much a teen movie as it is a horror movie, vacillating between the genres in such a way that you’re reminded from one scene to another how similar the two really are. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAug 31, 2017
Here adolescent wanderlust, powered by the characters’ persistent and confused arousal, continually edges against comedy and terror. Scariest as an examination of what fascinates us, this debut feature will annoy and alienate many, but it’s the work of a dynamic new talent. Read full review
75
The Film StageMichael SnydelAug 31, 2017
Kill Me Please is remarkably accomplished for a debut feature despite feeling a little bit muddled in terms of rhythms and especially its ending, which tips its hat a little bit too hard to art-horror ponderousness. Still, it’s a vibrant debut that demonstrates that Silveira has a strong talent for depicting adolescence and its attendant horrors. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJonathan HollandAug 31, 2017
There's a nicely rendered sense of aesthetics, whether it’s in the safe pastel shades which fill Bea’s bedroom and which contrast with the high, sharp tones of the fantasy scenes. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthAug 31, 2017
Silveira sets herself up for a balance between realism and aesthetics that she can’t quite navigate. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneAug 27, 2017
Anita Rocha da Silveira’s slasher-film plot is simply a tease, as there are no scares here, and the filmmaker’s attempt at genre hybridization never coheres conceptually. Read full review
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