38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Barry Hertz
It's a jumbled mess, to put it mildly.
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40
It’s everything and nothing, a familiar regurgitation of a formula with precious little to add.
70
Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan
Greta is best read as tongue-in-cheek femme fun. And proof, certainly, that despite her considerable success, Huppert has not at all fallen into the trap of taking herself to seriously.
75
The Playlist by Gregory Ellwood
Greta is one of those thrillers where you see almost every twist coming, but the actors are so into it that you still get sucked in.
75
Neil Jordan’s deft control of pace and tone elevates Greta past mere gimmickry, resulting in a comic thriller whose goofy humor only compounds its mastery of suspense.
75
It opens as a stilted, awkward drama, complete with the always-delightful Maika Monroe giving literal voice to what appears to be the film’s obvious theme (mommy issues, basically) — and then it takes a surprising flip.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by Keith Uhlich
The filmmaker's expressively cockeyed impulses soon take over (he's ably assisted by the terrific cinematographer Seamus McGarvey), and the resulting craziness is quite delightful to behold in the moment and to reflect on after.
80
While it sometimes feels as if it’s just not enough fun, once you get to the twin switcheroos and then the insane ending, you have little choice but to buy into horror-audience protocol and embrace it for the bloody hoot it is.