Reflection in a Dead Diamond
Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): December 5, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesJan 23, 2026
Every frame will blow your baby dome to smithereens, as I can guarantee you have seen nothing like this. Read full review
88
The Daily BeastNick SchagerDec 5, 2025
Strap in, hold on, and succumb to this ecstatically inventive one-of-a-kind film. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineMarshall ShafferFeb 19, 2025
Right out of the gate, the filmmakers’ filtering of a James Bond-esque espionage tale through a grindhouse sensibility exists in such a state of emphatic stimulation that each shot feels punctuated with an exclamation point. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradyMay 1, 2026
Reflection in a Dead Diamond cares not a jot for the confines of conventional narrative and identification. This is cinema as bombardment, as fetish, as swooning fan collage. Who needs a new Bond film? Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonDec 5, 2025
“Reflection” is a highly playful exercise in its kaleidoscopic approach, though “kaleidoscopic” is about as useful as “surreal” in describing the film’s effect or philosophy. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comIsaac Feldberg Dec 5, 2025
This is a hypnotic, invigorating film, and a step up for the duo—much like the diamonds that shimmer so seductively through their frames, it has a cold, bright, gem-like brilliance. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid KatzMay 20, 2025
Ultimately, it’s a case in point for how an impeccably styled arthouse-grindhouse crossover can feel both dense with signifiers to unpack (although lacking more commonly understood kinds of “depth”), but also fleet, frothy and fun. Read full review
70
The RevealScott TobiasDec 5, 2025
A little of this stuff goes a long way with Cattet and Forzani, who have always seemed more immersed in image-making than in the tedious business of telling a story with a mind toward pace and characterization. To experience their films is to toggle between exhilaration and enervation, and hope the balance tips the right way in the end, which it ultimately does with Reflection in a Dead Diamond. Read full review
70
IONCINEMA.comNicholas BellDec 4, 2025
As a sumptuous visual spectacle shot by the formidable DP Manu Dacosse, it’s a labyrinth worth getting lost in Read full review
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