54
Metascore
42 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondWhile it sometimes feels as if it’s just not enough fun, once you get to the twin switcheroos and then the insane ending, you have little choice but to buy into horror-audience protocol and embrace it for the bloody hoot it is.
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIt opens as a stilted, awkward drama, complete with the always-delightful Maika Monroe giving literal voice to what appears to be the film’s obvious theme (mommy issues, basically) — and then it takes a surprising flip.
- 75The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodGreta is one of those thrillers where you see almost every twist coming, but the actors are so into it that you still get sucked in.
- 75Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeNeil Jordan’s deft control of pace and tone elevates Greta past mere gimmickry, resulting in a comic thriller whose goofy humor only compounds its mastery of suspense.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe filmmaker's expressively cockeyed impulses soon take over (he's ably assisted by the terrific cinematographer Seamus McGarvey), and the resulting craziness is quite delightful to behold in the moment and to reflect on after.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganGreta is best read as tongue-in-cheek femme fun. And proof, certainly, that despite her considerable success, Huppert has not at all fallen into the trap of taking herself to seriously.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAnd Monroe, Moretz’s “Fifth Wave” co-star (best-known for “It Follows”), has just enough edge to make Erica a New Yorker newcomers to the city might want to listen to when she barks out a warning, even if it’s hard to take somebody this into yoga — and yoga pants — that seriously.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe film is intense and features a performance by Chloë Grace Moretz that’s more committed than this swill deserves.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeIt’s everything and nothing, a familiar regurgitation of a formula with precious little to add.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzIt's a jumbled mess, to put it mildly.