Went Up the Hill
Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: August 15, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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88
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 15, 2025
Went Up the Hill doesn’t just explore grief, it expresses it. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 11, 2025
Samuel Van Grinsven’s Went Up the Hill is characterized by a starkly precise aesthetic and withholding approach to the ghost story. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineJim VorelAug 13, 2025
A queer ghost story with devastating emotional power and transgressive themes of domination, selfishness and abandonment, it is all too often hamstrung by plodding stylistic choices and a thin script that stretches many of its interactions until they’re so thin, threadbare and ethereal that they end up just as spectral. Read full review
60
ColliderAnna MillerSep 24, 2024
Samuel Van Grinsven’s ambient and meandering ghost story is undoubtedly a haunting concept with committed performances and effective elements, but the film just can’t help but overstay its welcome. Read full review
50
Film ThreatAlex SavelievOct 16, 2025
There’s something missing in this concoction: self-aware humor, a courage of its convictions, a driving force that propels the plot forward . . . Perhaps it was all just too steep a hill to climb. Read full review
50
The PlaylistWarren CantrellSep 3, 2025
Solid performances, a clever conceit, and technical over-competence behind the camera bolster what is ultimately a predictable and sometimes unpleasant viewing experience. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 5, 2024
Despite a premise that begets one of the strangest lovemaking scenes in recent memory—a quasi-incestuous gender-bending head-spinner—the film is too frequently the epitome of pretentiousness. Read full review
40
The GuardianLuke BuckmasterSep 10, 2025
Things eventually escalate, the pressure valve of pent-up emotions building and releasing. But it’s a long and demanding ride to get there, full of solemn looks and thousand-yard stares. Read full review
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