Samson and Delilah
Indiepix | Release Date: October 15, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubSam Adams
Viewers may not realize how far they've been pulled in until the movie ends, and they might feel a sense of loss that it can't keep going just a little while longer. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierApr 2, 2018
By examining the relationship between Samson and Delilah through the wrong end of the telescope, Thorton soaks in the arid, unaccommodating surroundings with occasionally oxymoronic lucidity. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFrank HatherleyApr 2, 2018
The honest naturalism of the two young leads is the main reason for the film’s intense grip and power. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 2, 2018
The effect of this movie by the Australian director Warwick Thornton is cumulative, subtle, almost stealthy. Read full review
80
Total FilmKate StablesApr 2, 2018
There’s a bumpy, wholly unexpected dip into melodrama along the way, but the film’s commitment to its characters, and its sheer emotional heft, carries you along regardless. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid Fear
And by the time Thornton has deftly flipped the script regarding the titular Biblical parable's misogyny, you'll feel as if Aussie cinema has indeed discovered its next great voice. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
How do you know you're looking at a pretty good piece of filmmaking? When the director and actors can make you care about the central characters even though they exchange almost no dialogue. Read full review
70
VarietyRussell Edwards
An engrossing and touching snapshot of an Australia too often left on the cutting-room floor. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Tender and beautifully acted, it's a unflinchingly bleak glimpse of life on Australia's margins. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAndrew Schenker
A deglamorized couple-on-the-run story, Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah doubles as a portrait of a tiny Australian aboriginal community. Read full review
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