O'Dessa
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): March 20, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
IGNRafael MotamayorMar 12, 2025
O'Dessa delivers a bold, catchy musical set in a vibrant cyberpunk world that mixes naturalistic visuals with an aesthetic indebted to 1980s sci-fi and fantasy films. Sadie Sink shines as a singer who can change the world with her ballads, with a gender norm-defying performance and an enchanting singing voice. Read full review
71
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMar 20, 2025
A rock musical like 'O’Dessa' only works if it sufficiently rocks, and 'O’Dessa' somewhat rocks. Read full review
70
The New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliMar 20, 2025
Is a cliché turned on its head still a cliché? “O’Dessa” will keep you wondering, and that counts for something. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineMatthew JacksonMar 19, 2025
There’s a lot of talent on the screen, some catchy music, and some wonderful visuals and design choices, but none of it ever quite adds up to something bigger, leaving us with a film that’s ambitious but strangely hollow. Read full review
50
Original-CinThom ErnstMar 24, 2025
Geremy Jasper’s O’dessa is a dystopian rock opera lacking the essential elements of soul, rhythm, and the rebellious spirit characteristic of rock ‘n’ roll. It’s a tone-deaf attempt at greatness that ultimately falls short. Read full review
50
VarietyStephen SaitoMar 12, 2025
There’s too much passion and creativity on display to declare “O’Dessa” a complete catastrophe, but the committed performances and detailed production design and costumes all come across as the product of bibles’ worth of backstory that couldn’t possibly be carried over with the constraints of time. Read full review
40
EmpireBen TravisMar 28, 2025
For all its originality, O’Dessa can’t help but get tangled up in its own mythology, dragged down by a romance that never sizzles. Read full review
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiMar 12, 2025
While O’Dessa has a lot of style, it doesn’t have much else. Its substance is sorely lacking, with a lot of jumbled ideas and themes that don’t come together. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMar 12, 2025
There’s a distinctive eye here, and a promising sense of ambition. But in its current form, there’s not enough meat on its (admittedly cool-looking) bones to justify its 106-minute run time. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 16, 2025
The blunt truth is that there’s very little that’s original or even interesting in this empty rehash of many a recent YA franchise with occasional pauses for song. Read full review
30
ColliderNate RichardMar 12, 2025
For all the faults O'Dessa has, it's clearly a film made with an abundance of passion and creativity. It's a gender-swapped, punk rock, post-apocalyptic reinvention of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It's also a movie that largely doesn't work and trips over its own ambition. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 10, 2025
Yes, great musicals have been built on “the power of love” before. But pulling that off requires something this movie never has: a heartbeat. Read full review
20
The GuardianRadheyan SimonpillaiMar 12, 2025
Everyone’s stumbling along in a vaguely defined universe, which really only serves as a backdrop to catchy musical numbers that evolve from folk to pop rock. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerMar 19, 2025
Sometimes it’s so bad it’s almost entertaining, but mostly you can hardly see the screen because each frame induces an eye-squeezing cringe. Read full review
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