The Other Lamb
IFC Films | Release Date (Streaming): April 3, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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12
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6
Negative:
0
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New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinApr 6, 2020
The idea is that vulnerable women will give up their autonomy — their very identities — to such an entitled being, which I found a stretch but which certainly has historical precedents. It’s best to view The Other Lamb as a rite-of-passage fantasia with a gossamer heroine. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeApr 2, 2020
Gliding close to genre tropes but moving more comfortably as an uneasy drama about the alarming power of blind faith, The Other Lamb is an intriguing mood piece, strikingly made and well-performed if not quite as powerful as it could have been. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangApr 2, 2020
As a study in atmospheric seclusion, The Other Lamb is beautifully crafted enough to hold your attention, but you can’t shake the feeling that Selah’s next chapter — and Cassidy’s — might well be the more interesting movie. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerApr 10, 2020
It's not that there isn't a solid narrative tradition of rebellion against patriarchal cults behind this, one that has been told before in seminal retellings like Danny Boyle's adaptation of Mr. Wroe's Virgins, and it is one that gains different meaning through each contemporary lens. It's that The Other Lamb takes it for granted that the audience understands charismatic sex cults, and then just plays through the tropes. There's a lack of freshness. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 2, 2020
Existing outside of time and place, The Other Lamb is a gorgeous revenge fable with an excess of atmosphere and zero subtlety — a mallet wrapped in gauze and girlish laughter. Read full review
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Little White LiesLillian CrawfordDec 29, 2021
Rather than critiquing practices it purports to condemn, The Other Lamb becomes party to the evils it depicts. Read full review
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