Horse Girl Reviews
September 16, 2020
Everything produced by the Duplass Brothers is hollow and superficial and cutesy. Their examinations of the bourgeoisie lack depth and flatter their audience...
July 15, 2020
This movie is definitely not about horses. If you want to watch a conspiracy-theory movie with sci-fi gimmicks that have been done much better in other films, then feel free to waste about 104 minutes of your time to watch Horse Girl.
February 24, 2020
The film looks like it's shipwrecked. Adrift. [Full review in Spanish]
February 13, 2020
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 character in complete insanity.
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| Original Score: C+
February 10, 2020
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.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
February 9, 2020
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 finds equilibrium, that by the time the end credits roll, you might shake your head in disbelief.
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| Original Score: C
February 9, 2020
I found the experience of watching Horse Girl to be more of a chore than a pleasure.
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| Original Score: 2/4
February 7, 2020
Brie has put her all into a character that keeps us at arm's length and a movie that's not serious enough for its subject -- mental illness.
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| Original Score: 2/4
February 7, 2020
The ambition of Horse Girl ultimately gets the better of it, turning what could be a dark but insightful depiction on signs missed in a mental health crisis into an agreement on one's madness
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| Original Score: 2/5
February 6, 2020
An empathetic depiction of mental illness, but the film fails to clear the hurdle it sets itself.
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| Original Score: 2/5
February 6, 2020
"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.
February 5, 2020
Horse Girl's big weakness is that it can't decide how much ambiguity to provide its central character, or how seriously it wants to present Sarah's breakdown.
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| Original Score: C+
February 4, 2020
Solid performances and a good atmosphere can't save Horse Girl's descent into frustrating abstraction.
February 3, 2020
HORSE GIRL is a flick that bites off more than it can chew.
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| Original Score: 2/4
January 30, 2020
I'm not sure what great lesson we are supposed to take from Sarah but the audience kept laughing at her antics and I had no idea why. I just kept cringing
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| Original Score: 1/10
January 29, 2020
There are indications that "Horse Girl" and its creators have something to say about the sorry state of mental health care in this country... but it's never explored beyond basics.
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| Original Score: C+
January 28, 2020
A dark movie that gets weird for no good reason, a victim of writers who can't figure out the ending to their story.
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| Original Score: 2/5