The Balconettes
Frenetic Films | Release Date: TBA CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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85
Film ThreatSabina Dana PlasseAug 26, 2025
What is clear in the overall message is that women worldwide have something to say about how they are being treated. Merlant makes this theme comedic yet scary. The film is fun-filled with great angles, set décor, acting, and timing. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMay 21, 2024
It leans into the tonal chaos of life on earth, creating an impressively layered genre mishmash that reflects the complex reality of how women are seen in the world, and how they see themselves in return. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinOct 16, 2024
Merlant’s film isn’t being unladylike: rather, it’s asserting that ladylike is what all of these things really are, and it’s high time cinema admitted it. Read full review
80
ColliderEmma KielyOct 15, 2024
The Balconettes is the announcement of a formidable comedic voice. Read full review
80
Screen DailyNikki BaughanMay 21, 2024
Nicole, Ruby and Elise are powerfully defiant just by refusing to be intimidated or shaped by patriarchal forces: an idea which rises above the outlandish events unfolding on screen to strike a universal, cathartic chord. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 21, 2024
The directorial energy being channelled here is closer to that of early Pedro Almodóvar, as Merlant piles up saturated, hot-hued melodrama, garrulous female bonding and cheerful lashings of blood and sex. Read full review
70
The Film VerdictStephen DaltonMay 21, 2024
Despite a few bumpy moments, actor-director Noémie Merlant's gory feminist horror comedy paints a rowdy, richly imagined portrait of three ladies on fire. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineNadira BegumOct 16, 2024
On the whole, for a filmmaker at the start of her career, The Balconettes is a rather impressive display of Merlant’s talents. It balances its more serious subject matter with dark humor to navigate a modern world where it feels as though women are more at risk than ever before, and it does so with stylistic flair. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinMay 21, 2024
Merlant obviously knows she’s taking risks with a free-form, genre-bending structure, and that’s cool. It’s just a shame that the end product is so loosey-goosey it’s less a bold sui generis experiment than a hot mess. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 21, 2024
The performances are exhaustingly unsubtle and undirected and the film’s failure to hit the comic note early on has the added disadvantage of undermining the avowedly serious moments of solidarity and body-positivity at the end. Read full review
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