The Girl and the Spider
Cinema Guild | Release Date: April 8, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatSumner ForbesMay 5, 2022
Meticulously crafted with powerfully nuanced performances, the film represents the best of what European cinema has to offer and is easily among the year’s best. Read full review
100
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 7, 2022
The film demands and rewards repeat viewings; it’s different, and more entrancing, every time. Read full review
91
The Film StageChristopher SchobertSep 18, 2021
The Girl and the Spider’s lovely concluding shot visualizes this fading relationship, and stands as the filmmakers’ final statement on the fleeting nature of love in all its forms. It is both bitter and sweet. So is this beautiful film. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 15, 2022
Unlike Mara, the writer-directors of The Girl and the Spider can shape and control their story. They orchestrate a closing sequence of high-impact lyricism, bringing their tale of the mystery-infused quotidian to a shimmering, open-ended conclusion. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarApr 15, 2022
Unassumingly electrifying and amusingly elusive, this modern-day fable focuses on the marks we leave behind in others when paths diverge and physical distance grows. Read full review
83
IndieWireRyan LattanzioSep 18, 2021
This is an odd film of poetic abstractions and ellipses, but consistently fascinating in its unrepentant coyness. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 24, 2022
Few directors could get away with giving audiences so little context or plot, but the Zürchers succeed in piquing our curiosity, which is all one really needs to sustain a film. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 8, 2022
My own taste runs to different modes of poetic cinema, but I credit The Girl and the Spider for the seemingly paradoxical clarity of its mysterious vision. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMark KeizerApr 7, 2022
It pays off in a work of gorgeous stylistic precision where cautious glances and wistful anecdotes melt together to form a melancholy arthouse jewel about the tearing down of one woman’s identity. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterMar 24, 2022
Precisely observed but somewhat aloof in tone, The Girl And The Spider builds into a symphony of separation and solitude. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineCarson LundMar 24, 2022
Zürcher spins byzantine webs of audiovisual stimuli from an ultimately modest dramatic core, and not only is the larger narrative design unclear before it’s finally revealed, it’s easy to get stuck dwelling on the minutia along the way. Read full review
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