Bring Her Back

critic Reviews

, 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • A domestic nightmare that draws its most profound scares from Sally Hawkins' deranged performance, Bring Her Back is an exemplary chiller that reaffirms directors Danny and Michael Philippou as modern masters of horror.
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    David SimsThe Atlantic
    Hawkins is up to the challenge, and the rest of the ensemble is strong enough to keep pace. But many of those story beats feel perfunctory; the film comes to life in the nastier, grislier set pieces.
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    David FearRolling Stone
    The filmmakers want to jolt folks, for sure. But they also want to bring you to a place where the emotional after effects of that juddering linger long after the jump scares have faded away.
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    Rich JuzwiakSlate
    Hawkins’ performance is the rotten heart and spoiled soul of the movie, but the performances are great across the board, and stronger than usually seen in horror, be it of the “elevated” variety or otherwise.
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    Alison WillmoreNew York Magazine/Vulture
    Hawkins is a boundlessly talented actor, and it’s fun to watch her turn those powers to evil by playing a former counselor who understands children so well that she’s fantastically good at manipulating them in pursuit of her grand scheme.
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    Barry HertzGlobe and Mail
    In the devilish hands of Australian filmmaking brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, evil has been concentrated into an exceptionally and impressively nasty 104 minutes.
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    Monica CastilloRogerEbert.com
    Despite its propensity for shock factor and supernatural child endangerment over narrative cohesion, “Bring Her Back” is fairly successful at dropping jaws.
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    Rosie KnightDen of Geek
    In an era where movies about trauma are at the center of the horror conversation, Bring Her Back stands as one of the best in its genre.
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    Josh LarsenLarsenOnFilm
    ... ghoulishly registers as a mediation on the madness of grief.
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    Kiko MartinezThe Cinesnob Podcast
    Filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou could’ve left all the cult references on the cutting room floor and Bring Her Back would’ve been just as disturbing.

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    Sean ChandlerSean Chandler Talks About
    Bring Her Back starts off strong, drawing me into the characters and delivering some truly horrifying imagery. Unfortunately, the last 20 minutes completely unraveled everything that had been working for me up to that point.
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