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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenSebastian Gutierrez's film creates an incestuous atmosphere that's reminiscent of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonThe 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.
- 70Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghFilm Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghThe film isn’t a genre changer, but it’s elegant and admirably remorseless—and when it breaks bad, it breaks very bad indeed.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakGutierrez does well to share just enough information so that each subsequent revelation can reframe everything before it.
- 65The VergeTasha RobinsonThe VergeTasha RobinsonWhile 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.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergMr. 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.
- 50RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyWriter-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.
- 40Village VoiceKristen Yoonsoo KimVillage VoiceKristen Yoonsoo KimGutierrez 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.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe 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.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleGutierrez 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.