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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Screen DailySarah WardScreen DailySarah WardIn pairing the aftermath of a natural disaster with the minefield that is female adolescence, it proves its own surreal, savage and superbly performed creation.
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievUnpredictable, impassioned (despite the cold tone), and highly artistic, Ladyworld might contain a few amateur touches here and there, a few lags in momentum (and an utter lack of mainstream appeal), yet it’s cerebral and forceful, and will have you deliberating its themes for days after.
- 80The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeKramer choreographs action through striking tableaus that follow the group’s shifting dynamics; the score, built from percussion and a chorus of girlish hoots, builds the tension.
- 60The GuardianPhil HoadThe GuardianPhil HoadToo many scenes of sub-vaudeville witchy cavorting suggest Kramer hasn’t completely mastered her own poetic register. But it is bracing to watch her reach for the stylised impact needed to carry her ideas about social identity; exactly the kind of the expressive messiness this wing of the post-#MeToo film industry should be engaging in if the old order isn’t going to reimpose itself.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckLadyworld proves as much of an endurance test for viewers as the central characters.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshWhile “Mean Girls Apocalypse” sounds like a winning premise, and an incredible thought experiment, the result is something narratively slack and intensely off-putting, which no amount of excellent acting can save.