The Blazing World
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: October 15, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
1
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

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80
Film ThreatLorry KiktaOct 15, 2021
The visual effects are haunting, the costume design by Juliana Hoffpauir is delightfully fanciful, particularly for Shaw’s scenes as a nameless masked demon. The cinematography from veteran cinematographer Shane F. Kelly is a sight to behold. Basically, The Blazing World is gorgeous. It’s also incredibly well written by Peirce Brown and Young. Read full review
67
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 15, 2021
It’s an imperfect debut, but it holds thrilling promise for what comes next. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleSarah JaneOct 14, 2021
Overstuffed and overextended, The Blazing World is buoyed by the soundtrack (especially the songs by Isom Innis and Sean Cimino in their project Peel), and the too brief appearance by the wonderful Soko. In the end, the film tries too hard. Read full review
33
The Film StageMatt CipollaOct 15, 2021
It’s obvious that Young wanted to make something unique. Hopefully she strikes a chord in the future, but The Blazing World is just patchwork. Read full review
33
The PlaylistBeatrice LoayzaOct 15, 2021
As the film builds up to its climax, we realize Young’s understanding of mental illness lacks any real depth or complexity, betraying the artist’s limited worldview. The Blazing World is female trauma in the form of an amusement park funhouse. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 15, 2021
Ambitious but tediously precious, sincerely conceived but derivatively realized, The Blazing World throws an ornate heap of production design at an anemically scripted psychological metaphor, and counts on a combination of fairy dust and sheer determined nerve to make the whole contraption fly. Read full review
30
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaOct 15, 2021
Young does her best to carry this all on her shoulders, and while she nails her early scenes playing up Margaret's instability, she eventually gets lost among all the scenery and abundant production design. Never quite as surreal as it needs to be, The Blazing World is an exercise in dream logic that stumbles over itself again and again. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 15, 2021
There’s plenty of imagination on display in The Blazing World, but it’s buried amidst the narrative and stylistic self-indulgence that assumes we’ll be interested in going on this very strange and ultimately enervating journey. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloOct 18, 2021
The Blazing World falls short narratively and visually, not leaning hard enough into its stylistic possibilities to leave an impression past its opening credits. It’s fantasy for the sake of therapy, and there’s no romance or joy here in imagining a better realm. Read full review
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