Woodshock
A24 | Release Date: September 22, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSep 28, 2017
Now and then the Mulleavys capture a moment or glimmer of true mystery; more often, and certainly in dramatic terms, Woodshock feels like a movie that never stops buffering. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 27, 2017
A woozy, wheezy impressionistic take on a woman’s nervous breakdown that aspires to the avant-garde but plays like a bad head-trip movie from the late 1960s. It’s dreadful. Worse, it’s not quite bad enough to be much fun. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 22, 2017
With its gauzily surreal touches, Woodshock reflects the Mulleavys’ romantic flair for texture and embellishment. But as Theresa’s guilt and self-medication mount, along with the film’s profoundly muddled ideas about assisted suicide, the curated trance grows mind-numbing. It’s a death trip with pretty lingerie. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 20, 2017
Unlike their spring 2018 fashion collection, Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s first foray into moviemaking, “Woodshock,” is depressingly dull and terminally inarticulate. Read full review
30
Screen DailyJonathan RomneySep 12, 2017
There’s a thin, and very jagged, line between the radical mosaic approach to editing and narrative of a film like Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color and the impressionistic jigsaw vagueness of Woodshock, which simply seems reluctant to commit itself to mere coherence, as if that simply were too unchic. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 28, 2017
Woodshock is its own worst enemy. The more the filmmakers play around with what’s real and what’s a dream or an element of Theresa’s delusions, the less we’re invested in what’s actually happening with Theresa. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSep 28, 2017
The filmmakers offer very few clues, just more aqua filters and low-contrast visuals. And with each new jarring edit, the viewer cares less and less, until the 100 minutes seem to stretch on forever. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireSep 23, 2017
The dream — or the drug-induced hallucination, or whatever this is — can only last for so long. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineHenry StewartSep 20, 2017
It becomes the obnoxious equivalent of trying to have a serious conversation with people who are high out of their minds. Read full review
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