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Smartly directed by Malgorzata Szumowska, The Other Lamb uses a young woman's coming-of-age story to explore the powerful hold cults can have on their followers. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A young woman born into an all-female cult beings to question the teachings of her leader.

Genre:

drama, horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Malgorzata Szumowska
Producer:

Marie Gade Denessen, David Lancaster, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O'Sullivan
Writer:

Catherine S. McMullen
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 3, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 1, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$6.0K
Runtime:

1h 37m
Production Co:

Subotica Entertainment, Rooks Nest Entertainment

Cast & Crew

Raffey Cassidy
Selah

Michiel Huisman
Shepherd

Denise Gough
Sarah

Ailbhe Cowley
Tamar

Eve Connolly
Adriel

Isabelle Connolly
Eloise

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Critic Reviews for The Other Lamb

All Critics (104) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (26)

Very well done. It has a very sinister, impressive atmosphere with these little flashes of surreal horror...

October 20, 2020 | Full Review…

Mark Kermode
Kermode & Mayo's Film Review
The atmosphere of frontier decay and misogynistic oppression is sufficiently well maintained to sustain attention throughout

October 19, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Tara Brady
Irish Times
Take the film as a pared-back cousin to The Handmaid's Tale. But if some elements seem familiar, Szumowska has aces of her own to play.

October 15, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Danny Leigh
Financial Times
Still waiting for female-directed horror films which break the genre's misogynistic tropes.

October 14, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Lillian Crawford
Little White Lies
Szumowska and cinematographer Michal Englert encase her story in strikingly beautiful landscapes, and Cassidy makes the case that she's one of the most adventurous young actors out there.

July 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Esther Zuckerman
Thrillist
What you're left with is not so much a story as a concept presented handsomely but very frustratingly.

July 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Jonathan Romney
Film Comment Magazine
The Other Lamb sets a dreamy, gauzy tone from the opening scene, but the camera finds perfect focus on Selah's anger.

February 24, 2021 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…

Sara Century
Manor Vellum
If this is a parable about masculinity and power, it doesn't come off.

November 26, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Markie Robson-Scott
The Arts Desk
The Other Lamb is an atmospheric tale of innocence lost and gained while under the control and gaze of one man's selfish acts.

November 18, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Katie Hogan
FILMHOUNDS Magazine
Cassidy makes a powerful anchor to a film that could be solely lost in its shallow beauty, making it something all the more fascinating.

November 18, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Lewis Knight
Daily Mirror (UK)
This is provocative, disturbing, and deeply unsettling cinema... and all without a single jump scare or flamethrower in sight.

October 26, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Joel Harley
Starburst
It's not subtle, but it is bold.

October 15, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Alistair Harkness
Scotsman