Swallow
IFC Films | Release Date: March 6, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 28, 2020
This is a movie that cries out for attention, in ways both admirable and grating. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 26, 2020
The film’s greatest strength is its lead actress, Haley Bennett, who’s on camera for almost the entire running time and who portrays a desperately lonely woman’s journey through self-destruction toward something like sanity. Read full review
50
The New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimMar 5, 2020
Given how nauseating it is to watch Hunter perform increasingly perilous acts of self-harm in her prison of a mansion, neither the payoff nor the psychology behind her actions makes Swallow an illuminating enough addition to the woman-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown genre. Read full review
50
TheWrapCandice FrederickMar 4, 2020
There are really two contending films inside Swallow that, if given the opportunity and the space to do so, could have been fascinating as separate entities. Read full review
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