Omen
Utopia | Release Date: April 12, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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83
IndieWireArjun SajipApr 12, 2024
The director’s gift for unpacking the way notions of witchcraft can function as fig leaves for trauma, combined with his obvious eye for costumes, lighting, and framing, make for a visually striking, deeply compassionate, and memorable debut. Read full review
80
The Daily BeastNick SchagerApr 12, 2024
Makes up for any narrative patchiness with a bevy of unforgettable images and an attendant sense of ancient beliefs and rituals that divide as much as they unite. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonApr 26, 2024
Omen excellently captures the feelings of both cultural and generational alienation. In script and performance, there is never a moment of certainty. Read full review
75
The Film StageEthan VestbyApr 12, 2024
One could say this is the true definition of a promising debut and a subject that the film doesn’t necessarily close the book on once it ends. Baloji Tshiani could explore these ideas even more in further films. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeApr 12, 2024
At a fleet 91 minutes, Omen could stand a little more character-building. But the larger atmospheric payoff lingers; the film first gets under the skin, then sits in the skeleton like a trapped, restive spirit. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeApr 12, 2024
Baloji has constructed four fascinating characters, played persuasively by these performers, but trying to figure out where their arcs overlap, even faintly, too often distracts from the beauty before us. Read full review
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Slant MagazineWilliam RepassApr 12, 2024
The patchwork structure of Omen is suited to the complexity a setting where characters switch between French, Swahili, and English depending on who they want to keep in the dark. Yet it’s difficult to shake that there are too many threads for a film of this length to do them justice. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaApr 11, 2024
The film’s frenetic world-building eventually becomes numbing, in part because the uneven human dramas — each one offers a vague message about marginalization — lose momentum in all the commotion. Read full review
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