The Girl With the Needle
critic Reviews
, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Threading its grim tale through sumptuous black-and-white photography, The Girl with the Needle is a haunting parable made with superb craft.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael O'SullivanWashington Post
Sonne delivers a twitchy performance, lurching from meek withdrawal to rage.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
Its answers are uneasy and disquieting, and the true root of its horror.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It is so exquisitely well-crafted but such a downer and hard to watch.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanny LeighFinancial Times
Working in pin-sharp black and white, director Magnus von Horn brings icy clarity to the tale of an ordinary young woman, Karoline, whose misfortune is vast in pitiless times.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
It’s a remarkable film: bleak, but horribly compelling.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreS. Nicole LaneChicago Reader
It’s a chair-gripping, toe-curling story.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCasey ChongTalking Films
An uncompromisingly bleak black-and-white period drama and psychological horror.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichelle KisnerThe Movie Sleuth
The Girl with the Needle is an attempt to understand what kind of environment would facilitate heinous acts of cruelty and what would make an individual see those acts as the ultimate kindness
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreErick EstradaCinegarage
If you like the cinematographic period [of expressionism], this part of the history of cinema very early in the origins of the art, I highly recommend The Girl with the Needle. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmily GagneDread Central
Spinning a true tale of abject horror into a complex yarn about motherhood, this Danish drama cuts right through the bone. Don’t see it with your mom.
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