The Neon Demon
Broad Green Pictures | Release Date: June 24, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
17
Negative:
12
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38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorJun 23, 2016
There remains a nasty whiff here of a movie that is trotting out lesbian love interests and clawing cat fights for male titillation. With fashion taking the place of ballet, The Neon Demon may well prove controversial in a "Black Swan" kind of way, offering a love-it-or-hate-it debate over the appeal of its melodrama versus the politics of its social critique. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenJun 23, 2016
It’s pretty. It’s empty. It’s pretty empty. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartJun 23, 2016
It’s too bad there’s already a movie out this week called “The Shallows”; it would work so perfectly for the new film from Nicholas Winding Refn (“Drive”). Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 23, 2016
What I can't buy is that Refn has made a movie this lifeless and devoid of human interest. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyKevin P. SullivanJun 23, 2016
The dialogue, most of which is stilted philosophy about femininity and beauty, sounds like something your freshman-year roommate said and you learned to ignore. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJun 23, 2016
The Neon Demon is hot garbage that dares you to call it offensive. In addition, it’s offensive. Read full review
30
New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasJun 22, 2016
Presumed to be Nicolas Refn's foray into the horror genre, but apparently, no one bothered to tell the filmmaker that. Read full review
25
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 23, 2016
If Refn is trying to skewer our cultural fixation with youth and good looks, his blade isn’t up to the task. The Neon Demon attacks, but indiscriminately. It’s sharp-looking but dull, hacking and plunging every which way, yet drawing no real blood. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJun 23, 2016
What truly makes The Neon Demon frustrating is Refn's undeniable talent for arresting images. His color schemes and framing make each second fascinating to observe, even when the dialogue is stultifying. Read full review
25
The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaMay 20, 2016
The director has set out to make the most repellently misogynistic film imaginable, yet he’s disguised it as a postmodern feminist satire. By shattering every possible taboo, the film is supposed to be an attack against the very thing it represents. Really, though, any semblance of commentary is simply a posture for Winding Refn to cover his ass. Read full review
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ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 25, 2016
Horror fans will be so bored by the first 90 minutes that they will have either walked out or fallen into a coma by the time the blood starts flowing. Read full review
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ObserverRex ReedJun 23, 2016
The Neon Demon, which was booed off the screen this year in Cannes, is about jealousy, murder and cannibalism in the Hollywood modeling industry. If it wasn’t so stupid and preposterous, I’d say see it for the laughs, but trust me when I say you’re on your own — and I mean it. Read full review
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