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Hereditary

2018

Ari Aster

Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro ...

6.6

29,256

Horror The Graham family starts to unravel following the death of their reclusive grandmother. Even after she's gone, the matriarch still casts a dark shadow over the family, especially her loner teenage granddaughter, Charlie, whom she always had an unusual fascination with. As an overwhelming terror takes over their household, their peaceful existence is ripped apart, forcing their mother to explore a darker realm in order to escape the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Arguably the most effective domestic horror chiller since 'The Conjuring' and 'The Babadook' (...) What makes the movie so satisfying is that (...) the family dynamic remains firmly in play."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"What viewers will discover is that the movie, unlike almost every mainstream horror film you see these days, has the substance to match its scares."	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"'Hereditary' is the most traumatically terrifying horror movie in ages (...) This isn’t a scary movie. It’s pure emotional terrorism, gripping you with real horror"	POS
United States	Jordan Ruimy The Playlist	"A game changing horror masterpiece (...) What makes 'Hereditary' so brilliant is that much of the time, it’s almost impossible to describe what is happening on-screen."	POS
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"The film is emotionally and intellectually terrifying (...) Collette is a force throughout, turning in a full-bodied performance"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Creepy, creepy, creepy. Writer-director Ari Aster makes an impressively unnerving debut."	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"A deeply unsettling film (...) Collette’s emotional register balances Aster’s undeniable skill with composition and sound design."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'Hereditary' excels at permeating a convincing environment of despair with first-rate horror (...) It’s always sharply attuned to the genre traditions fueling every scene"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It gives us real people to contemplate, not the cardboard cutouts hack directors use for cheap scares (...) But it’s Collette, giving the performance of her career, who takes us inside Annie’s breakdown (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Poorly constructed endings can leave an unpleasant aftertaste even for movies that are otherwise mostly solid. That's the case here (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Perhaps only genre fans will recognise this unshakable film as the manna it is, but that would be a shame (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A supremely elegant and tonally assured horror movie that trusts its audience will acquiesce to its measured, absorbing storytelling style"	POS

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