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2021
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$ 0 Million
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12
Negative reviews
7
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4.5
Image Courtesy of NEON While the setup and much of the execution is intensely effective, the movie doesnt hit all of its marks.
Keith & the Movies
4.5
The disorienting visuals add a supernatural freak out angle to the Wicker Man style nuttiness, plus some vivid resonance in the idea of a planet fight ..
Shadows On The Wall
4.5
She doesnt notice all the weird sounds the unsettling gurgles and cracking noises and droning hums because I think theyre for us, not her.
Decider
4.5
The innovative visual effects, which combine CGI and practical makeup, are truly mesmerising.
The Guardian
1.5
For all its flaws, its easy to get absorbed by this bravura creative effort.
Eye For Film
4.5
In a not too subtle shout out to our real climate crisis, director Jaco Bouwer wonderfully conveys our sense of helplessness in the face of disaster, ..
Star Burst Magazine
1.5
...the scant details about the occult and the supernatural and shifting narrative focus detracts from an otherwise stylish effort.
Cambridge Day
1.5
Narratively, there isnt enough story to sustain viewer attention for the duration, the microcosm of our core three characters doesnt lead to as much d ..
The Hollywood News
1.5
Jaco Bouwers natures revenger sows the spores of ecological apocalypse in a tense woodland cabin for three
Projected Figures
4.5
GAIA suggests that civilizations decay is inevitable, perhaps even deserved, though that doesnt make its certainty anything other than terrifying.
4.5
Though its spare storytelling and bizarro style wont be for all tastes, theres an intoxicating pull to Bouwers sticky fever dream of haunting imagery ..
Flickering Myth
3.0
With that said, the film is solidly inventive in what it gets right.
Always Good Movies
4.5
Gaia is a fascinating eco horror which focusses on the dangers of upsetting Mother Earth.
Backseat Mafia
4.5
On the whole, Gaia is an invigorating effort; combining body horror, existential dread, and ancient monsters into a singular genre cocktail.
Next Best Picture
4.5
Fortunately, its at once captivating and revolting to look at, and Pierre Henri Wicombs eerie electronic score keeps us immersed in its purely aesthet ..
Deep Focus Review
1.5
Violet doesnt feel too bad about feeding the odd sexist pig or craven bootlicker to this ogre.
48 Hills
4.5
A very meticulous and appealing, if horrific mythos where the forest itself dictates human behaviour.
Warped Perspective
1.5
Gaia is a mind bending thriller lead by Monique Rockmans first rate performance.
Fort Worth Report
1.5
It also doesnt help that the film really can struggle to find much of a thesis.
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