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The Last Thing Mary Saw

2021

Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin, Shane Coffey ...

4.5

Horror. Thriller Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.

	Author	Review
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"It doesn’t forge any new ground, but this atmospheric, intimate portrait of forbidden love does cast a relatively enticing spell thanks to its enigmatic, almost impenetrable witchcraft (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"Impressive performances, a simple story, and some very well-timed turns of events (...) You should definitely check out this one if you enjoy storytelling at its finest (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The Last Thing Mary Saw may be a little too slight in its storytelling and overly familiar in its depiction of the evils done in God’s name, but Vitaletti and his cast are adept at creating a despairing, suffocating mood"	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Vitaletti merits admiration for a debut feature whose ambitions are off the usual beaten track"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"Visually striking but underwhelming tale (...) The trouble with the film is that beneath the surface lurks… well, perhaps not quite enough to keep the momentum going (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Clayton Dillard Slant	"The film comes to feel like a parody of a possession flick rather than a straightforward replication of the genre's tropes (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"The movie captures many things that we've more or less seen before in horror movies, without having any grandiose statements to it (...) [Its] emotions and its ideas are predominantly hollow"	NEG
United States	Kristy Puchko IGN	"'The Last Thing Mary Saw' is an intriguing and atmospheric but uneven horror offering, with a disappointingly lackluster romance at its center"	NEU
United States	Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"Vitaletti refuses to deliver definitive answers, but instead of that being frustrating it's intriguing and breath-holdingly hypnotic (...) But most ominous of all is the matriarch, exquisitely depicted by Roberts"	POS
United States	Matt Donato Paste Magazine	"'The Last Thing Mary Saw' feels restrained by its means and beholden to a tiptoe pace that won’t ensnare all audiences. Anyone can recognize the power behind the messaging at its concept's core"	NEU
United States	Lena Wilson The New York Times	"As surprising as it is frustrating (...) At best, the film may offer a criticism of a vengeful Christian god —at worst, it paints its lesbian protagonist as a contemptible sinner who was always destined for punishment"	NEU
Canada	Jon Mendelsohn CBR	"Thrilling queer horror (...) Its effective performances, eerie atmosphere, and explosive ending make it a must-see horror film"	POS
Canada	Debopriyaa Dutta Screen Rant	"In a film as monotonous and tonally confusing as 'The Last Thing Mary Saw', it is indeed difficult to gauge the merit of performances (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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