Saint Maud
critic Reviews
, 92% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A brilliantly unsettling blend of body horror and psychological thriller, Saint Maud marks an impressive debut for writer-director Rose Glass.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlison WillmoreNew York Magazine/Vulture
Disaster seems inevitable, but what makes Saint Maud so nail-bitingly tense is that it's impossible to guess the form in which it'll come...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAja RomanoVox
St. Maud marks a stunning feature film debut for writer-director Rose Glass. Understated yet opulent, measured, and intensely creepy, it's a tour de force in balancing uncomfortable levels of tension and suspense with deep pathos.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdam NaymanThe Ringer
Glass makes a number of savvy directorial choices throughout Saint Maud, and the sharpest is to limit what we see, hear, and know to her heroine's point of view.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrad NewsomeSydney Morning Herald
Saint Maud registers as more technically accomplished than deeply felt.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePhilip De SemlyenTime Out
I've seen Saint Maud twice and each time it found new ways to freak me out. Take the leap of faith.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael PhillipsChicago Tribune
The steady, screw-tightening accumulation of crises making up "Saint Maud" indicate a fully formed talent behind the camera.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWael KhairyThe Cinephile Fix
In Saint Maud, post-traumatic stress disorder is not told, it is felt.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGreg CarlsonVague Visages
The many contrasts probed in Saint Maud — good and evil, belief and atheism, celibacy and liberation — are starkly compared and contrasted in the differences between Maud and Amanda.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreZach PopeZach Pope Reviews
SAINT MAUD LIVED UP TO EVERYTHING I HEARD ABOUT AND MORE! One of my favorite A24 films from the past few years and one that will stick inside my heart, soul, and mind for years to come. Incredible breakthrough performance as well
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreYasser MedinaCinefilia
Its strong point lies in the atmospheres that evoke, through religious symbolism, the suffering and psychological abyss of the protagonist, but on the surface it simmers and lacks something that is frightening. [Full review in Spanish]
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