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2020
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Positive Reviews
33
Negative reviews
16
Average Rating
3.2
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3.8
And yet if theres ever a moment in which Horse Girl itself seems a little lost in what its trying to accomplish, theres always Bries performance to ho ..
Rogerebert
2.0
And this is a film that makes baffling leaps, jumping from character comedy into a fantastical exploration of mental illness thats never able to shake ..
Indie Wire
1.5
Her hair is worn in a demure half up style, clipped back with a modest nice girl barrette.
Variety
2.0
The pivot into Sarahs lucid dreams sinks what was a provocative portrayal of self doubt into a confusing, ambitious trip that dabbles too far into sup ..
The Guardian
4.5
A fine tuned performance sells an unusual look at mental illness.
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Horse Girl delves into a troubled mind only to get lost among its oddities, forgetting the sensitivity that drew it there in the first place.
The New York Times
4.5
Horse Girl starts out as a typical indie dramedy about an oddball character, Sarah (Brie), and her banal life.
3.5
While Id hesitate to call HORSE GIRL a perfect film (its a touch uneven in terms of pacing) its still a unique, compelling piece of work thats a showc ..
JoBlo
2.5
Horse Girl features a great lead performance by Brie, but its narrative and core themes are too scattershot to make much of an impact on viewers.
Screen Rant
2.5
Brie has put her all into a character that keeps us at arms length and a movie thats not serious enough for its subject mental illness.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
I found the experience of watching Horse Girl to be more of a chore than a pleasure.
ReelViews
3.0
The second half of Horse Girl loses rhythm and tension, finding the writing irritatingly light on detail when it comes time to submerge the lead chara ..
Blu Ray
4.5
Im here to remind you to never judge a book or a streaming platforms next big title by its cover; Horse Girl is absolutely terrific.
Tv Guide
4.5
Bries performance is powerful and the films editing does a superb job of mixing Sarahs obscured perception with reality, succeeding in offering an uns ..
Chicago Reader
3.0
She doesnt wear glasses, mind you, but she definitely radiates incoming rom com makeover.
Rolling Stone
4.5
But shes so nice, and clearly well intentioned, you cant be firm.
Decider
4.5
The films unique brand of femininity is both its genius and its darkness.
Film Inquiry
4.0
Its a little bit of a thriller, a little bit of a drama, a little bit of a comedy, a little bit of a romance and wholly its own thing.
Vox
3.0
He just doesnt have the visual acumen to pull off this kind of wild reinvention, or to take this narrative into the dark places they clearly want it t ..
The Play List
4.5
While Horse Girl loses its way in its third act, Alisons Brie transformative performance and the films invigorating take on mental illness truly makes ..
You Tube
2.0
Despite this rom com style introduction, Horse Girl isnt a quirky, feel good story.
Lw Lies
4.0
I am certain of two things: this is one doozy of a watch and Alison Brie is at the height of her performing powers.
Flicks
3.0
Brie is rawly convincing as a troubled woman for whom the sides of reality have become too slippery, transformed into the heroine of a private sci fi ..
Ft
3.0
A luminous and colorful indie with surprising amounts of realism.
1.5
A shaky dramatic enterprise. Nevertheless, this story of Sarah (a distinguished performance by Alison Brie) a seemingly normal young woman at the merc ..
Wsj
3.5
Sarah isnt just crazy; she displays symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia.
Daily Dot
4.0
What starts off seeming like a quirky rom com quickly morphs into something far more disturbing, and strange.
Film
4.4
In the home stretch, Horse Girl takes an ambitious, deep dive, trippy plunge to convey Sarahs heartbreaking downward spiral.
Chicago Sun Times
4.0
Horse Girl isnt the outrageous comedy that The Little Hours was in 2017.
Solzy At The Movies
2.0
Horse Girls big weakness is that it cant decide how much ambiguity to provide its central character, or how seriously it wants to present Sarahs break ..
Film Avclub
2.0
She embodies this troubled individual with a manic obsessive energy thats completely unhinged, and everything shes yelling about appears to be entirel ..
Fresh Fiction
3.0
Until its very last scenes, Horse Girl doesnt bring us into Sarahs head in a way that might make us genuinely question what were seeing.
Seven Day Svt
3.5
...the movie as a whole is such a compelling dive down the rabbit hole.
Cultured Vultures
1.5
Solid performances and a good atmosphere cant save Horse Girls descent into frustrating abstraction.
Mid West Film Journal
3.0
Horse Girl is a strange movie ... It might not always make sense, but it still works; its the kind of movie thatll leave you scratching your head ... ..
4.5
Actress and co writer Alison Brie combines forces with director and co writer Jeff Baena for a consistently intriguing, occasionally brilliant, black ..
Screen Anarchy
2.0
Director Jay Baena takes giant leaps and tries to get over a rocky start by offering unique ways to explore mental illness. However, the balance never ..
The Only Critic
3.0
It doesnt hold us by the hand and spoon feed us easy answers, but instead lays down little clues throughout as a means to peek inside Sarahs state of ..
Mac Guff
4.5
It isnt wholly original, although it did sound incredibly promising.
Battle Royale With Cheese
2.0
The goofy and sweet Sarah (Brie) has a quiet and fairly simple life.
Screen Zealots
2.0
Brie and cowriter Jeff Baenas script doesnt feel lazy or noncommittal.
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
0.5
Its super pretentious, muddled, frustrating, boring, misguided junk.
rachelsreviews.net
2.0
I wont say more about Horse Girl, as the movie ends up going into unexpected, riskily surreal, territory.
Worldo Free L
4.4
Beautifully filmed with a story that captures your heart while finding a way to make you question the reality of what youre seeing, its a film that sh ..
Daily Journal
4.5
Im also eager to start with a full throated recommendation because, frankly, the film doesnt read as a must watch on paper; its a slow burn mystery of ..
Pitts Burgh Magazine
3.0
Amongst the metaphor and pathos, its Bries performance that stands out.
Time Of India
1.5
Horse Girl doesnt have quite the same ability to keep viewers compelled, because of its nonsensical storyline.
4.5
Worth it for Bries emotionally charged exploration of this character that takes the actress known more for her comedic chops to some pretty bleak plac ..
3.0
HORSE GIRL (Netflix original movie) * * * Mental illness as the engine for a thriller is a cultural conceit whose days are numbered, but, as a last ga ..
Film Mafia
4.5
Well acted, Alison Brie gives an amazing performance, but overall, Horse Girl isnt too memorable.
4.5
It doesnt detach from the effect or the positive contributions any the less.
Their Own League
1.5
Action cinema cheesecake that makes one Harley Quinn, played by one Margot Robbie with all the colorfully explosive force of fireworks shoved up an ex ..
Fortune
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