Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Saban Films | Release Date: September 30, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonSep 26, 2022
It’s less a story of the supernatural than one about a party on the wrong side of town, with hints of danger, interesting strangers to meet, and an overall cool vibe that even lingers the morning after. Read full review
83
The PlaylistJessica KiangSep 18, 2021
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a blast. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 30, 2022
Mona Lisa’s story is at first bizarre, and then tense, and then genuinely moving as the escapee figures out what she actually wants from the outside world. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 18, 2021
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a lark, a contradiction — a lurid, violent, caught-in-the-gutter movie that’s also a nimble and knowing tall tale for adults. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeSep 18, 2021
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon solidifies Amirpour’s reputation as a master of subversion. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenSep 7, 2021
Amirpour’s career to date offers a triptych of stories of women navigating men’s worlds, and needing all their nous and resources to survive in them – and this is her most straight-up enjoyable survivor tale yet. It’s a feminist parable that may not linger as long as in the mind as her more provocative debut, but it’s irresistible fun in the moment. Read full review
76
Paste MagazineKathy Michelle ChacónSep 27, 2022
With Mona Lisa, Amirpour officially graduates from her position as an “up-and-coming” voice to a full-fledged genre auteur. However you title her, her hyper-stylized explorations of gender-based violence, punky female protagonists and obvious love for her craft make her one to keep watching. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflySep 30, 2022
A sleazy and neon-soaked ride that splits the difference between a crafty caper and a guilty pleasure, “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon” is the kind of cheeky flick you can’t help but surrender to. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 28, 2022
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon plays like a graphic novel come to life. Everything has a heightened sense of color, and the soundtrack pulses with banger tunes and wall-rattling EDM. Read full review
75
The Film StageDavid KatzSep 18, 2021
This is a midnight movie/B-movie-type work that knows exactly what it is––there’s no pretensions of “elevated horror” here. Mona Lisa is smart, politically aware, and reaffirms a bit of faith in Amirpour’s talent. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMartin CarrOct 4, 2022
Rather than being the After Hours Scorsese homage it hinted at, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon loses its way, and becomes little more than a pretty distraction. Read full review
70
Screen RantNadir SamaraSep 29, 2022
Mona Lisa and The Blood Moon is a tightrope of horror, revenge, and feminism set to awesome music. Read full review
70
IGNMatt DonatoSep 29, 2022
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon sizzles like a heated cajun fairytale that tells humanity how it is, brimming with Amirpour's distinctly creative voice that keeps me coming back for more. Read full review
70
TheWrapBen CrollSep 18, 2021
Amirpour takes on the Big Easy, mixing a heady cocktail of EDM beats, Hollywood treacle and southern sleaze and sipping down Bourbon Street. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 18, 2021
The film is ultimately little more than a trifle, but Hudson is the cherry topping: as this messy, crafty, grasping nightmare, the actress is more fun than she’s been in years. Read full review
60
The GuardianXan BrooksSep 18, 2021
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon offers street-food for the senses, served with lashings of hot sauce. It’s hardly nutritious but it tastes fine in the moment, wolfed down on the run. Read full review
58
IndieWireChristina NewlandSep 18, 2021
Most of the movie’s machinations seem merely in service of deepening the central gambit, which is to follow Mona’s journey and to look cool while doing it. On that front, it succeeds, but the movie’s charms are limited when the originality it purports to offer only feels like a bit of a costume. Read full review
50
Screen DailyWendy IdeSep 18, 2021
All seamy New Orleans sleaze, with a neon and nylon aesthetic, the film relishes its own trashiness. But the writing is not focussed enough to make this much more than a cheap thrill. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaSep 29, 2022
The movie, more often than not, has the look and feel of an edgy music video, which wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if it weren’t also oddly boring. Read full review
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