Into the Forest

"A high-caliber survival film focused on familial bonds over genre scares (...) Beautiful and sensitive to character but gripping when it needs to be, the pic is too grounded to be lumped into the apocalyptic genre bin" 

"Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are both superb in the lead roles, but Rozema’s emphasis on the primacy of family and nature exposes a deficit of visual and narrative imagination" 

"Though not without its errors, 'Into The Forest' turns a profoundly human eye to what just may be the very end of humanity itself" 

"Rozema's minimalist approach pays dividends until a final third hobbled by overdone effects and a thrashing musical score. Too bad. The story being told on the faces of Page and Wood has eloquence and power. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" 

"Ms. Rozema tries to build tension and sustain interest by thickening the atmosphere and layering on details rather than big incidents. Yet while she creates intimacy as well as interiority by visually closing in on each sister (...) the movie lacks urgency."