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Nocturne

Nocturne

2020

Zu Quirke

Madison Iseman, Sydney Sweeney, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw ...

4.9

1,416

Horror. Drama The supernatural thriller is about an incredibly gifted pianist who makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Zu Quirke adds a few of her own twists to the evil music school genre (...) Yet it’s not quite enough to prevent this B-grade rendition from feeling rather familiar and unsuspenseful"	NEG
United States	Steven Scaife Slant	"'Nocturne's insights are potent, but it lacks for searing imagery (...) A reminder that the notes themselves are just as important as how you play them (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"The performances are flat, the direction is uninspired, the story is predictable, and, again, one senses this is a short film or television episode stretched out to a numbingly boring runtime."	NEG
United Kingdom	Phil Hoad The Guardian	"[It] is played firmly in the key of 'Black Swan', and it is a confident interpretation (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Devika Girish The New York Times	"Contrivances are par for the course in this genre, but 'Nocturne' lacks the stylistic flair to make them fun"	NEG
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"'Nocturne' isn’t just the best entry in the 'Welcome to the Blumhouse' series, it’s one of the best Blumhouse movies in years (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"Quirke’s filmmaking style only carries things so far. After a while, 'Nocturne' stumbles under some dumb reveals."	NEU
United States	Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire	"The way this story unfolds (...) is too predictable to be scary (...) The script is half-baked and rushed, too much of a collage of other, better movies"	NEG

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