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Nocebo

2022

Lorcan Finnegan

Eva Green, Mark Strong, Cathy Belton, Chai Fonacier ...

5.4

1,092

Thriller A fashion designer is suffering from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband, until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer, who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.

	Media	Author	Review
		Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"Finnegan is proving himself to be a master manipulator of benign space, turning the familiar or domestic into a nightmarish labyrinth of horror (...) Another intriguing work from one of Ireland's most interesting talents"
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"Eva Green and Chai Fonacier's on-screen dynamic, the message and themes behind 'Nocebo', and the beautiful cinematography -it all weaves together to create a classy horror experience (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Anna Smith Metro	"Actress Eva Green is always a good indicator you're in for something stylishly weird"
		Simon Abrams The Wrap	"With 'Nocebo', Finnegan and his collaborators have put their finger on something dark and disturbing. Too bad it's never as upsetting as it is suggestive (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Daniel Kurland Bloody Disgusting	"During a time where the horror genre is crowded with remakes and sequels, the risks that Nocebo takes and the pockets of culture that it highlights more than make up for the moments that fall flat (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Luke Y. Thompson AV Club	"Even Eva Green and Mark Strong aren't enough to pad out this story"
		Chad Collins Dread Central	"[It] is anchored by two excellent performances in a solid, if not exactly surprising, tale of painful revenge (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Marshall Shaffer Decider	"What a waste of Eva Green in her scream queen bag. You can safely say 'no' to 'Nocebo'. It’s too caught up in tired visual tropes to live up to the promise of its ultimate premise"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"[It] is a diverting if not entirely successful mix of sociopolitical commentary with psychological and supernatural suspense elements, stronger in the realms of directorial style and performance than writing"
		Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"Rousing (...) Their characters are so complex that their best moments are those subtle shimmers revealing true natures beneath old façades"
		Jason Zinoman The New York Times	"Even in a movie haunted by death, you need more signs of life"
		Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"What exactly is happening is slow to reveal, but it definitely wants us to question how our emotional state can affect our physical health"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It’s a real mindf★ck of a movie but in the best way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"Lorcan Finnegan creates some unsettling moments and there are sharp prickles of commentary about our attitude to fast fashion and the workers who make our clothes. But it's a film that runs out of steam (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ned Booth The Playlist	"It's rare for a film to so boldly depict shamanic experience as 'Nocebo' does here, where ritual and sacrifice open up relations with enigmatic and powerful forces in unseen realms"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Finnegan balances thriller aspects and supernatural elements with great skill, and his direction has flashes of brilliance (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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