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Suspiria

2018

Luca Guadagnino

Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mia Goth ...

6.1

8,156

Horror. Fantasy. Thriller A young American ballerina comes to train at a prestigious German dance academy and uncovers the school's dark and menacing secrets.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is exquisitely crafted and rich in atmosphere (...) 'Suspiria' feels unnecessarily drawn out, with too many discursive shifts in focus to build much tension"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It grows ever more distended and yet more hollow (...) Unlike Argento, who seemed content to deliver a nastily updated fairy tale in 90 or so minutes, Guadagnino continues casting about for meaning"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"This 2.0 take achieves hallucinatory marvels, marred only by overlength and his desire to give the horror a historical context (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Better than the original (...) 'Suspiria' draws a complex, provocative line through faith, politics, dance and, yes, witchcraft (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It holds your attention, and creeps you out at times, but it’s not scary, and it’s not really - dare I say it? - 'fun'."	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A grim and glorious work of madness (...) Things get twisted, and build to a delirious finale that’s debauched enough to satisfy even the most hardcore gore-hounds"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] has sex and style but fails to bewitch (...) [It] is beautifully made and laboriously classy — as well as longer by about an hour (...) A weirdly passionless film (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[It] is a feast of excess, carrying with it all that’s both enticing and frustrating about such a strategy (...) 'Suspiria' tries to do much"	NEU
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"'Suspiria' is as striking and severe as the director’s 'Call Me by Your Name' (...) Watching Swinton and Johnson stare each other (...) is enough of a satisfying meal (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"It is, as ever, Guadagnino’s eye for the tactile — currently unparalleled in cinema — that makes his film tick (...) It’s difficult to fault a film made with that sort of skill and craft"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"This remake is crammed with too many aimless ideas and not enough scares (...) [It conveys] boredom, mostly, with confusion and a dollop of disappointment and irritation."	NEG
United States	Emily Yoshida Vulture	"'Suspiria' is a gorgeous, hideous, uncompromising film"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"[It] succeeds as an artistic experience, but from a narrative standpoint, it’s a bit of a mess. Beautiful as it is confusing, Guadagnino’s vision is guaranteed to be polarizing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Canada	Thomas Humphrey Screen Anarchy	"[A] mesmerizing tale of twirling terror (...) Even if I fail to decide whether Guadagnino's 'Suspiria' is brilliant or not here, I cannot deny that the movie continues to sit on my chest like a nightmare-inducing demon"	POS

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