Elizabeth Harvest
IFC Films | Release Date: August 10, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenAug 6, 2018
Sebastian Gutierrez's film creates an incestuous atmosphere that's reminiscent of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Read full review
70
Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghAug 9, 2018
The film isn’t a genre changer, but it’s elegant and admirably remorseless—and when it breaks bad, it breaks very bad indeed. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonAug 9, 2018
The disorienting impact of this early shock, coupled with the zig-zaggy progression of the time-tripping narrative, goes a long way toward distracting from a fairly conventional premise that ultimately asserts itself above all the flash and filigree. Indeed, you could describe the entire movie as an elaborate con job — and intend that appraisal as a compliment. Read full review
67
The Film StageJared MobarakAug 9, 2018
Gutierrez does well to share just enough information so that each subsequent revelation can reframe everything before it. Read full review
65
The VergeTasha RobinsonAug 21, 2018
While several of the characters seem to be making obvious choices for obvious reasons, as the story unfolds, the script gets progressively deeper into their psyches. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 10, 2018
Writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez is the latest to tackle the rich implications of Bluebeard in his film Elizabeth Harvest, bringing a modern horror-sci-fi sensibility to the story. The horror is already implicit. Gutierrez makes it explicit. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergAug 9, 2018
Mr. Gutierrez keeps the viewer in the same state of confusion as Elizabeth, but each surprise, paradoxically, makes the movie less and less surprising as a whole. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 9, 2018
Gutierrez is ultimately too enamored of his quasi-feminist, visually convulsive upending of damsel myths to let his actors enjoy themselves the way De Palma or Dario Argento would. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 9, 2018
The main problem is that the storyline becomes so convoluted that it doesn't live up to the intriguing setup. Most of the film's second half is consumed by plodding exposition that is not exactly handled in imaginative fashion. Read full review
40
Village VoiceKristen Yoonsoo KimAug 9, 2018
Gutierrez works some twists on the familiar premise, and one standout thrill of a chase scene employs Brian De Palma’s signature split screens. But as it nears the two-hour mark, the film becomes exhausting, shedding very little light on the futuristic implications of the story. Read full review
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