The Beguiled
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 23, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
38
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
SlateDana StevensJun 21, 2017
From an aesthetic and technical perspective, her achievement is laudable, but there’s something underfurnished about this movie, a lack of historical, intellectual, and thematic richness. For all its elaborate design and carefully calibrated mood, it comes down to the tale of a randy fox in an impeccably preserved Greek Revival henhouse. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 24, 2017
It’s hard to detect a strong raison d’etre behind Sofia Coppola’s slow-to-develop melodrama. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 24, 2017
Coppola, in attempting to elevate the material, doesn’t seem to realize that The Beguiled is, and always was, a pulp psychodrama. Now it’s pulp with the juice squeezed out of it. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJun 23, 2017
A few of the performances, especially Nicole Kidman’s, as the lady in charge, and Kirsten Dunst’s, as the teacher pining to flee with the corporal, have some bite, but not enough to make much of an imprint in this brittle, vaporous chamber piece. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 27, 2017
Coppola stripped the tale, cut the length, eschews menace and goes easy on the malice, which made the earlier version of the story work. Even as an arch, serio-comic female revenge fantasy, this Beguiled fails to cast the necessary spell. Read full review
50
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 22, 2017
Writer/director Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled showcases good manners and bad deeds, though it lacks the necessary edge to make it a satisfying revenge thriller. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJun 19, 2017
There is barely a graceless frame in the whole affair. Read full review
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