Shepherd
Saban Films | Release Date: May 6, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 5, 2022
With Shepherd, the Welsh writer and director Russell Owen shows us how to accrue a great deal of atmosphere with very little fuss. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 6, 2022
While the plot here is thin (and slow-paced, and oppressively grim), Owen has a remarkable facility for generating atmosphere. He’s made a film where one man’s internal strife has been effectively externalized as an inescapable, picturesque purgatory. Read full review
58
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 26, 2022
Ratcheting up the conflict and confusion becomes counter-intuitive, the escalation of violence and brutality arriving without clear motive. I can’t even decide for myself what’s happening—there’s nothing but smoke to grab. Owen stripped away the film’s own agency. Read full review
50
PolygonKatie RifeMay 5, 2022
Shepherd is more of a bandwagon-jumping exercise in arthouse horror films about grief than a truly bone-chilling example of one. Read full review
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