Luckiest Girl Alive
Netflix | Release Date: September 30, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 7, 2022
While the material at times veers close to exploitation, Knoll’s writing and Kunis’ performance ensure this is ultimately a tale of survival and perseverance — of a victim who refuses to let that label define her. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 7, 2022
The movie maintains interest throughout and it’s ultimately satisfying, though with one qualification: The last minutes treat the story as though its whole purpose was to illustrate a social and political issue. It’s actually, for 98% of its running time, the story of a person — and it’s better that way. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 7, 2022
The film . . . is good, not great; it never quite marries the skewering of New York elites with the true-crime feel of its grittier elements. But the performances keep it mostly on track. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattOct 7, 2022
Luckiest Girl is the kind of rainy-day thriller Netflix was made for: lurid, entertaining, patently silly. It's also kind of a mess, though at least some of that likely comes from condensing the busy, grisly events of a best-selling book into less than two hours of screen time. Read full review
61
Paste MagazineAmy AmatangeloOct 7, 2022
There’s a worthwhile story in here about the long-term effects of trauma, how society disregards and casts aside adolescent girls, how quick we are to blame the victim, how bullying can lead to terror—but all these messages gets lost in translation. Read full review
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