Suspiria
Amazon Studios | Release Date: October 26, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 56 Critic Reviews
Positive:
33
Mixed:
16
Negative:
7
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60
The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeNov 29, 2018
Watching this sporadically sparkling yet weirdly saggy “cover version” of Argento’s biggest international hit, I couldn’t help wishing that someone had been there with the scissors to trim the film of its indulgences – not the violence, but the verbosity. Read full review
60
EmpireKim NewmanNov 12, 2018
This isn’t an atrocity on the level of, say, Rob Zombie’s Halloween — but it is a horror designed to test your patience rather than your nerves. Read full review
60
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 24, 2018
Polarizing is too tame a word to describe reactions to Luca Guadagnino’s radical rethinking of Suspiria. Either you’ll dig in or bolt for the exit — no in between. Read full review
60
Film ThreatNorman GidneyOct 24, 2018
The art direction finds a new identity, the music by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke could easily be held up against the predecessor’s soundtrack by Goblin, the story makes sense, the performances are all on point, yet, without the glorious murder set pieces, we wonder why we are watching, to begin with. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 1, 2018
There are smart moments of fear and subliminal shivers of disquiet, the dance sequences are good and of course Guadagnino could never be anything other than an intelligent film-maker. But this is a weirdly passionless film. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonNov 6, 2018
The movie seems even longer – replacing Argento's splashy colors with dull, chilly greys, and lengthening the story (Argento clocked in at 96 minutes) with layers that feel over overwrought and overthought. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldNov 4, 2018
You don’t really watch Suspiria, you endure it. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyNov 1, 2018
Pretentious, which might be defined as a showing an excess of ambition, is a modifier that clings to Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria — a remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 Day-Glo horror classic — like a wet leotard. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 1, 2018
Despite some interesting performances and impressive art direction, director Luca Guadagnino’s take on the 1977, cult-favorite, supernatural horror film by Dario Argento is an arduous, overstuffed, convoluted and trashy piece — bloated and graphically blood-soaked, guaranteed to make you cringe at times, but not the least bit chilling or haunting. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenOct 31, 2018
The first Suspiria is a psychedelic sensory experience, but it didn’t really mean much. The remake, written by David Kajganich and directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name), tries to bring too much meaning to its horror conceit. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 31, 2018
It takes every resource available to a recently minted Oscar nominee — but does almost nothing with it. Read full review
50
SlateDana StevensOct 28, 2018
What was it trying to do? Did it succeed on its own terms? Why did I find myself admiring nearly every external element of the film — performances, lighting, editing, costuming — and yet find Guadagnino’s extremely aesthetically pleasing assemblage of these same elements into a whole somehow drab? Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottOct 31, 2018
An effort to spin high art out of a guilty-pleasure cult classic, this new Suspiria is -- like the original -- off-the-charts bonkers. But it’s also off-the-charts unpleasant, a cold, hard-to-embrace slog made up of mostly of stomach-turning moments of body horror interrupted by long stretches of stylish but mind-numbing pretension. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 24, 2018
As the first hour of Suspiria grinds into the second and beyond (the movie runs 152 minutes), it grows ever more distended and yet more hollow. Unlike Argento, who seemed content to deliver a nastily updated fairy tale in 90 or so minutes, Guadagnino continues casting about for meaning, which perhaps explains why he keeps adding more stuff, more mayhem, more dances. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 23, 2018
An interesting take. The problem is that Guadagnino can’t cast a decent spell. Read full review
40
TimeStephanie ZacharekSep 1, 2018
This new Suspiria is bland, grisly, boring and silly. There is nothing poetic or erotic about it. Read full review
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