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IMDb rating 6.8
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Critic rating 8.1

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Maleren
rated 5

It was okay but I had really high hopes for it

4 months ago
Critic A.A. Dowd

...the movie has an emotional intensity uncommon to its genre, thanks mostly to its principal performance: Coming unraveled gradually, her stress curdling into abusive rage, Davis offers an alarming portrait of maternal affection...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Glenn Kenny
rated 8

...the finest and mostgenuinely provocative horror movie to emerge in this still very-new century.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Caroline Hjortshøj
rated 7

Scary af!!!

1 year ago
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

...clever, nasty, clammily claustrophobic chiller about a mother and child brought back a strange episode in my own parenting career.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Kim Newman
rated 10

It’s genuinely scary in its jump moments, but also imparts a lingering sense of dread that will stay with you for days — and will definitely come to mind the next time you wake up in the middle of the night...

Read full review at Empire
Tomas Andersson
rated 4

Disappointed

1 year ago
Critic Kasper Løvborg
rated 7

...Essie Davis’ skildring af karakterens psykiske deroute er voldsomt effektiv...

Read full review at Soundvenue

Cast & Crew

Jennifer Kent
Director
Essie Davis
As Amelia Vanek
Daniel Henshall
As Robbie
Carmel Johnson
As Teacher
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
As Supermarket Mum
Terence Crawford
As Doctor

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