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Movie ID: 772
RT slug: lamb_2021
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lamb_2021
Release year: 2021
Runtime: 106 mins
Wide release date: 2021-10-08
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2021-10-28
Tomatometer final: 86%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Valdimar Johannsson
Writers: Sjon, Valdimar Johannsson
Producers: Erik Rydell, Hronn Kristinsdottir, Jan Naszewski, Klaudia Śmieja, Peter Gustafsson, Sara Nassim
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-16 21:11:00
Updated: 2026-06-16 21:11:00
A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature, in this dark and atmospheric folktale, the striking debut feature from director Valdimar Johannsson
Darkly imaginative and brought to life by a pair of striking central performances, Lamb shears expectations with its singularly wooly chills.
Canonical reviews: 188
Canonical fresh: 162
Canonical rotten: 26
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 86%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-16 17:09:50
Snapshot Tomatometer: 86%
Snapshot review count: 188
Snapshot fresh count: 162
Snapshot rotten count: 26
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1354 (full_snapshot)
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| Black Spark Film & TV | production |
| Chimney Poland | production |
| Chimney Sweden | production |
| Film i Vast | production |
| Madants | production |
| Rabbit Hole Productions | production |
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| 1 | Noomi Rapace | Maria |
| 2 | Hilmir Snaer Gudnason | Ingvar |
| 3 | Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson | Petur |
| 4 | Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson | Man on Television |
| 5 | Ester Bibi | Woman |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175094 | Bryce Hanson | Horror Movie Talk | Fresh | 8/10 | 2025-09-23T17:47:43Z | 2025-09-23 17:47:43 | If you think all of A24’s movies are pretentious garbage, then you’ll hate this movie, but if you want to see something that you haven’t before and are willing to soak in some melancholy for a couple hours, I highly recommend it. |
| 175095 | Julian Singleton | Cinapse | Fresh | — | 2025-07-12T03:59:46Z | 2025-07-12 03:59:46 | Lamb is a film that invites its audience to empathize with the broken people at its core...and to acknowledge the complex and conflicting emotions at the heart of a primal parental bond. |
| 175096 | Stephanie Bunbury | Deadline Hollywood Daily | Fresh | — | 2023-09-16T05:20:49Z | 2023-09-16 05:20:49 | Johannsson studied film with Bela Tarr, and it is easy to sense the influence of the minimalist master even if it looks nothing like one of his own films. The metaphorical power is in the thing itself; it doesn’t need to mean something else. |
| 175097 | Zach Pope | Zach Pope Reviews | Fresh | — | 2023-07-26T19:55:59Z | 2023-07-26 19:55:59 | Lamb goes for it in all of its challenging manners and pushes the boundaries for A24 in all of its weirdness |
| 175098 | Paul Kanieski | KSQD Community Radio | Fresh | — | 2023-07-25T23:33:13Z | 2023-07-25 23:33:13 | Lamb evokes ruminations on the fraught complexities of human-animal relations, whether it’s what we choose to eat, the arbitrary value we assign to the lives of different species, or our tendency to anthropomorphize. |
| 175099 | Akos Peterbencze | Vulnerable Man (Medium) | Fresh | — | 2023-07-24T19:37:39Z | 2023-07-24 19:37:39 | It’s rare when an ending saves an entire movie. But that happens to be the case with Jóhannsson’s feature debut. |
| 175100 | Dallas King | Flick Feast | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-11-12T22:04:37Z | 2022-11-12 22:04:37 | Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, Lamb is one of the biggest surprises of the year and the most tender, heartfelt A24 film since A Ghost Story. |
| 175101 | Matt Pais | MattPais.com | Rotten | C- | 2022-10-25T12:22:13Z | 2022-10-25 12:22:13 | Nobody wants to be the, “Your half-lamb/half-human story doesn’t feel real” guy, but I’m going to be. |
| 175102 | Leslie Jamison | The New York Review of Books | Fresh | — | 2022-10-12T23:10:08Z | 2022-10-12 23:10:08 | Jóhannsson asks us to recognize the violence embedded in loving a creature that is not yours to love. |
| 175103 | Zoë Rose Bryant | Loud and Clear Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-01T07:35:13Z | 2022-09-01 07:35:13 | Lamb is a twisted yet touching folk horror tale, bolstered by distinguished direction and affecting acting from Noomi Rapace. |
| 175104 | Gayle Sequeira | Film Companion | Fresh | — | 2022-08-27T11:11:20Z | 2022-08-27 11:11:20 | The film wields its long stretches of silence effectively, using them to create suspense and immerse viewers into the rhythms of a life so tranquil, its disruption is inevitable. |
| 175105 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-17T00:09:24Z | 2022-08-17 00:09:24 | Jóhannsson’s keen direction, the striking visuals, and the palpable emotion from the performances carry a lot of weight and ground the story (as absurd as it is). |
| 175106 | Erick Estrada | Cinegarage | Fresh | — | 2022-06-28T19:39:43Z | 2022-06-28 19:39:43 | Lamb is also a collision of dreams and it would not be crazy to accept that its narrative is more of an experience rather than the presentation of an anecdote. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175107 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Fresh | — | 2022-06-22T23:06:32Z | 2022-06-22 23:06:32 | Disturbing and original... Lamb is a strong allegoric drama, yet it flails in the thriller storyline with the relative intruder who threatens the family's happy life and even more so with its fantasy finale. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175108 | Ema Sasic | Next Best Picture | Fresh | 6/10 | 2022-06-21T04:11:46Z | 2022-06-21 04:11:46 | Jóhannsson does a stellar job of going at a meticulously slow pace and revealing only bits of information at a time. It might drive us a bit crazy at times ... but the payoff is rewarding. |
| 175109 | Catherine Bray | Film of the Week | Fresh | — | 2022-06-01T08:06:16Z | 2022-06-01 08:06:16 | The ancient Icelandic bones of the rural territory that the characters inhabit give a robust foundation to a fantastical tale, keeping the story earth-bound, despite its fairytale qualities. |
| 175110 | Alistair Lawrence | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-05-19T03:07:53Z | 2022-05-19 03:07:53 | A horror movie with animalistic elements that's also a very human drama, this Icelandic tale is unafraid to embrace its bold premise. |
| 175111 | Josie Meléndez | Full Circle Cinema | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-03-07T22:14:16Z | 2022-03-07 22:14:16 | The film is vicious and ruthless while also being toned down and tame. It blends duality at an almost expert touch. Simply stated, it is a perfect addition to the A24 family. |
| 175112 | Victoria Luxford | City AM | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-03-03T17:07:26Z | 2022-03-03 17:07:26 | Lamb aims to be completely outside of anything youve seen. Jhannsson seeks to unnerve you rather than make you jump, focusing on relatively innocent things in such a way as to make them horrifying. |
| 175113 | Rohan Naahar | The Indian Express | Fresh | — | 2022-02-26T04:33:48Z | 2022-02-26 04:33:48 | Deliberately paced and as emotionally frigid as the vast landscape against which it is set, Lamb is an unsettling but demanding examination of trauma, loneliness and motherhood. |
| 175114 | Matt Glasby | Radio Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-02-18T18:46:17Z | 2022-02-18 18:46:17 | Although glacially paced and not for everyone, Lamb is an impressively strange and disquieting creation. |
| 175115 | Jeff Nelson | Showbiz Cheat Sheet | Fresh | — | 2022-02-12T03:09:54Z | 2022-02-12 03:09:54 | Lamb blends humor, dread, and sorrow into one picture, providing commentary on the human journey...It's a unique film experience that is equal parts peculiar and absorbing. |
| 175116 | Carson Timar | Clapper | Rotten | — | 2022-02-12T01:21:48Z | 2022-02-12 01:21:48 | While Lamb is clearly a film with potential both thematically and technically, outside of Noomi Rapace, it really struggles to leave an impact. |
| 175117 | Yasser Medina | Cinefilia | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-01-24T22:22:00Z | 2022-01-24 22:22:00 | In his debut, Jóhannsson conceives a hybrid of drama and folk-inked supernatural horror that tells, at a contemplative pace and a spooky way, a parable about pain, loss and the sacrifices of motherhood. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175118 | Frank J. Avella | Awards Daily | Fresh | A | 2022-01-21T00:42:36Z | 2022-01-21 00:42:36 | One of the most original and disconcerting films of the year-perhaps of the last five years-Valdimar Jóhannsson's Lamb from Iceland, gave me the giggles and the shivers, sometimes in the same moment, but it was never less than compelling... |
| 175119 | Stephen Dalton | The Film Verdict | Fresh | — | 2022-01-19T12:30:06Z | 2022-01-19 12:30:06 | Eerily beautiful and strangely moving, even if questions remain whether any substance lies behind the film's boldly WTF premise. |
| 175120 | A.S. Hamrah | The Baffler | Rotten | — | 2022-01-18T20:20:30Z | 2022-01-18 20:20:30 | Lamb ends in very unexpected way, really out there, but it's too much too late. |
| 175121 | Sergio López Aguirre | Cine Premiere | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-01-10T18:30:10Z | 2022-01-10 18:30:10 | Touches on edges about paternity, grief, the need to move on and our relationship with nature. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175122 | Carlos Bonfil | La Jornada | Fresh | — | 2022-01-03T22:00:16Z | 2022-01-03 22:00:16 | A tale with a dark moral, very in tune with the kind of absurd and disconcerting narratives that are likely to prosper in our times of tenacious uncertainty. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175123 | Richard Propes | TheIndependentCritic.com | Fresh | 4.0/4.0 | 2021-12-28T02:30:14Z | 2021-12-28 02:30:14 | One of 2021's best and most emotionally honest films. |
| 175124 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Cinencuentro | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-24T00:00:16Z | 2021-12-24 00:00:16 | Jóhansson injects such a dense atmosphere into his film, that it is impossible not to fall under the spell of such an absurd plot. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175125 | Matt Hudson | What I Watched Tonight | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-12-20T12:30:07Z | 2021-12-20 12:30:07 | Lamb carries real intrigue and beauty. The ambiguity will undoubtedly deter many, but, despite its stumbles, it's one of the year's more interesting releases. |
| 175126 | Gemma Creagh | Film Ireland Magazine | Fresh | — | 2021-12-17T23:10:28Z | 2021-12-17 23:10:28 | It's quite beautiful to behold. |
| 175127 | Sophie Maxwell | One Room With A View | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-17T20:00:21Z | 2021-12-17 20:00:21 | An unusual story, wonderful acting and a delightfully odd atmosphere make Lamb one to catch. |
| 175128 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-12-16T20:00:27Z | 2021-12-16 20:00:27 | It's all rather minimalistic when it comes to explanations or detail, but the revelations are beautifully handled. And the film's bonkers narrative is unusually gripping. |
| 175130 | Simran Hans | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-12T23:50:12Z | 2021-12-12 23:50:12 | I laughed out loud... and had nightmares later. |
| 175129 | Edward Porter | Sunday Times (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-12-12T23:50:12Z | 2021-12-12 23:50:12 | Valdimar Johannsson's modern-day folk tale never loses its chilly weirdness, but the plot is a let-down. |
| 175131 | Christopher Machell | CineVue | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-10T19:20:23Z | 2021-12-10 19:20:23 | The film as a whole is neither scary nor particularly interested in the nature of its 'monster', though it is undoubtedly strange and often unsettling. |
| 175132 | Matthew Turner | Hero Collector | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-12-10T18:30:21Z | 2021-12-10 18:30:21 | Suffused with slow-burn tension and showcasing some inspired special-effects work, this is one of the best genre films of the year. |
| 175133 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-10T13:50:11Z | 2021-12-10 13:50:11 | The director, Valdimar Johannsson, treats the admittedly ridiculous material with a convincing, deadpan seriousness and is supported at every step by his star performer on impeccable form. |
| 175134 | Danny Leigh | Financial Times | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-09T19:10:16Z | 2021-12-09 19:10:16 | Much about director Valdimar Jóhannsson's film has the timeless feel of the ancient folk tale you feel it must be, but isn't. |
| 175135 | Ian Freer | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-12-09T13:50:19Z | 2021-12-09 13:50:19 | Centred by a committed, affecting performance by Noomi Rapace, Lamb gets over its longueurs and missteps with interesting ideas, filmmaking craft and a unique tone of voice. |
| 175136 | Stefania Sarrubba | The Skinny | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-09T10:50:06Z | 2021-12-09 10:50:06 | Blending Norse lore and religious symbolism, Lamb is close to wordless, and the beautifully restrained performances are only enhanced by how little is said. |
| 175137 | Katherine McLaughlin | SciFiNow | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-09T09:30:04Z | 2021-12-09 09:30:04 | This tenderly crafted and darkly funny depiction of humanity and nature living side by side is both pertinent and timeless as it viscerally paws at the primeval chaos of existence. |
| 175138 | Hannah Strong | Little White Lies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-12-08T13:10:09Z | 2021-12-08 13:10:09 | Refreshing work from Rapace even if the film itself isn't perfect. |
| 175139 | Kat Hughes | THN | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-08T07:50:16Z | 2021-12-08 07:50:16 | Creativity collides with an unexpected story to birth something that clings to the viewer's own psyche and demands repeat viewings. |
| 175140 | Miguel Romero Fernández | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-12-08T01:20:58Z | 2021-12-08 01:20:58 | A true cathartic experience. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175141 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-07T15:00:10Z | 2021-12-07 15:00:10 | It's a great performance from Rapace. |
| 175142 | Desirée De Fez | Fotogramas | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-12-03T01:30:27Z | 2021-12-03 01:30:27 | Its value goes beyond the originality of the plot and its fascinating visual representation, two things for which Valdimar Jóhannsson's film already deserves praise. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175143 | Fernanda Solórzano | Letras Libres | Fresh | — | 2021-12-02T18:50:14Z | 2021-12-02 18:50:14 | Lamb could be ridiculous... Crucial to preventing this from happening is Rapace's immersion in a character that would seem impossible to perform with conviction and honesty. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175144 | Rendy Jones | Rendy Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-12-01T19:00:21Z | 2021-12-01 19:00:21 | A super cute and intimate family drama that isn't anything great but it's still a solid watch. |
| 175145 | Laura Wybrow | Starburst | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-29T18:10:24Z | 2021-11-29 18:10:24 | If there's something Lamb has in abundance it's originality. |
| 175146 | Susan Granger | www.susangranger.com | Fresh | 8/10 | 2021-11-29T17:40:17Z | 2021-11-29 17:40:17 | This intriguing, enigmatic, contemporary folkloric tale from Norse mythology is high on my list of Best International Films of 2021. |
| 175147 | Peter Canavese | Celluloid Dreams | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2021-11-22T19:10:14Z | 2021-11-22 19:10:14 | A slow-burning Icelandic supernatural horror movie that's beautifully directed and patiently crafted but crash lands at the end. |
| 175148 | John Lui | The Straits Times (Singapore) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-11-18T21:40:16Z | 2021-11-18 21:40:16 | There is, however, something grotesquely wrong about this picture of domestic bliss. The film makes the reason known from the start, but turns the screws by letting the consequences play out in all their strangeness. |
| 175149 | Kristy Strouse | Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying | Fresh | — | 2021-11-17T06:50:08Z | 2021-11-17 06:50:08 | Lamb doesn't take the time to explain everything, nor should it really have to. I think that this is a film that benefits from the intangible. Either way, I felt it was a sincere look at human emotions through the guise of a fantastical lens. |
| 175150 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-11-15T17:20:07Z | 2021-11-15 17:20:07 | Jóhannsson wastes the chance of turning Lamb into something actually creepy or substantial. |
| 175151 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-11-14T23:40:07Z | 2021-11-14 23:40:07 | I cannot wait to see what filmmaker Jóhannsson brings us next; he's a gifted storyteller. |
| 175152 | John McDonald | Australian Financial Review | Fresh | — | 2021-11-10T11:30:06Z | 2021-11-10 11:30:06 | The skill of the film is to balance the supernatural element, which is treated as if it were perfectly ordinary, with the psychological drama of a childless couple living apart from society. |
| 175153 | Víctor López G. | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2021-11-05T12:10:09Z | 2021-11-05 12:10:09 | A languid that explores the darkest corners of mourning and motherhood. |
| 175154 | Aaron Neuwirth | We Live Entertainment | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-11-03T16:50:10Z | 2021-11-03 16:50:10 | Not that Lamb is a comedy (dark or otherwise), but there must be a level of self-awareness in what it's doing as the latest deliberately-paced A24 horror movie. |
| 175155 | Wenlei Ma | News.com.au | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-11-02T07:00:08Z | 2021-11-02 07:00:08 | It may feel almost formalist, it may ask a lot, constantly challenging the audience into grappling with its fable-like story, but it's certainly not going to be like any other movie you see this year. |
| 175156 | Dan Buffa | KSDK News (St. Louis) | Fresh | B | 2021-11-01T17:30:17Z | 2021-11-01 17:30:17 | Rapace is terrific here. She could haunt you without words, a beautiful face that looks like it has seen too many bad things in life. |
| 175157 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Movies | Fresh | B+ | 2021-11-01T16:30:10Z | 2021-11-01 16:30:10 | Far more dark fantasy than horror, this slow-burn thriller nevertheless serves as a master class in suspenseful wonder. |
| 175158 | Keri O'Shea | Warped Perspective | Rotten | C- | 2021-10-31T13:00:04Z | 2021-10-31 13:00:04 | Lamb has many merits - its performances, its terrific setting, its quite unique strangeness - but it can't quite offset its omissions with these. |
| 175159 | Jane Freebury | Jane Freebury | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-10-29T08:00:11Z | 2021-10-29 08:00:11 | A hint of modern fable with roots in Icelandic culture, sweeping scenic vistas and some horror notes make for intriguing and puzzling drama |
| 175160 | Sean P. Means | The Movie Cricket | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-10-29T04:30:12Z | 2021-10-29 04:30:12 | There's an austere beauty in this place, and that beauty helps Rapace (the original "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") and Guðnason bring the humanity to this surreal scenario. |
| 175161 | Caitlin Chappell | CBR | Fresh | — | 2021-10-28T22:30:36Z | 2021-10-28 22:30:36 | Lamb is a folktale that blends tragedy into a heartfelt story. It almost feels like watching a home video -- with better production value -- of an absurd family coming together and rediscovering their joy. |
| 175162 | Kelly Vance | East Bay Express | Fresh | — | 2021-10-28T21:30:17Z | 2021-10-28 21:30:17 | Undoubtedly the only shaggy-sheep story you'll see at the movies this year. If we're lucky. |
| 175163 | Sarah Marrs | Lainey Gossip | Fresh | — | 2021-10-28T21:10:16Z | 2021-10-28 21:10:16 | Lamb is a contained, almost suppressed film in tone and style, but if you can roll with both its quiet intimacy and its wild premise, it's a strange and rewarding tale of family and love. And sheep. |
| 175164 | Diego Batlle | Otroscines.com | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-10-27T20:00:22Z | 2021-10-27 20:00:22 | A valuable trading card for Johannsson. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 175165 | Nicolás Ruiz | N+ | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-10-26T18:30:30Z | 2021-10-26 18:30:30 | Lamb is an ambitious movie that dwells, through christian values and mythical culture, on loss and the ever growing fear of becoming inconsequential. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 175166 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-10-26T17:50:24Z | 2021-10-26 17:50:24 | It is the craziest movie you will see all year but it sure held my attention. |
| 175167 | Travis Johnson | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Rotten | — | 2021-10-24T14:50:10Z | 2021-10-24 14:50:10 | As a tone poem Lamb works a treat, but unless you're willing to give yourself over completely, odds are good you'll be more frustrated than entranced. |
| 175168 | Faisal Al-Jadir | Film Inquiry | Fresh | — | 2021-10-23T03:50:21Z | 2021-10-23 03:50:21 | With stunning performances, convincing visual effects, and an eerie and ominous sound design, Lamb is an outstanding piece of filmmaking that makes us question where we belong and how entitled we are to claim anything as our own. |
| 175169 | Lynn Venhaus | KTRS Radio (St. Louis) | Fresh | C+ | 2021-10-22T21:30:23Z | 2021-10-22 21:30:23 | A peculiar, yet cannily crafted, tale about messing with nature, Lambis resolute in the bizarre world it portrays. |
| 175170 | Jake Wilson | The Age (Australia) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-10-22T19:50:23Z | 2021-10-22 19:50:23 | Johannsson is not without audacity, and the shot that finally tells us where all this has been heading certainly took me aback. But I have to be honest: it also made me burst out laughing. |
| 175171 | Linda Cook | OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2021-10-19T01:50:12Z | 2021-10-19 01:50:12 | Art-film aficionados will appreciate the haunting 'Lamb.' |
| 175172 | Shaun Munro | Flickering Myth | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-10-18T08:30:05Z | 2021-10-18 08:30:05 | Its glacial pacing may test the patience, but Lamb's aggressive sparseness also harbours a slow-burning, materially strange power. |
| 175173 | Matt Conway | Battle Royale With Cheese | Rotten | — | 2021-10-16T16:10:13Z | 2021-10-16 16:10:13 | Lamb's plodding and thematically vacant execution leaves little to grasp onto. |
| 175174 | Piers Marchant | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fresh | 88/100 | 2021-10-16T00:30:30Z | 2021-10-16 00:30:30 | This attention to realism plays well off the menace that seems to be all around them in a way that connects it to a very recognizable reality, a similar sort of trick pulled off by Robert Eggers' haunting classic, The Witch. |
| 175175 | Laura Bradley | The Daily Beast | Fresh | — | 2021-10-15T22:30:48Z | 2021-10-15 22:30:48 | Noomi Rapace becomes surrogate mother to an inhuman hybrid in A24's latest horror entry, which delivers on its wild premise with bleak humor and bracing visuals. |
| 175176 | Becca James | Chicago Reader | Fresh | — | 2021-10-15T22:20:36Z | 2021-10-15 22:20:36 | Lamb captures grief by oscillating between the beautiful and the horrific. |
| 175177 | David Stratton | The Australian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-10-15T21:40:36Z | 2021-10-15 21:40:36 | At any rate, it's well worth a visit from the adventurous cinemagoer... |
| 175178 | Robin Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B | 2021-10-15T18:20:24Z | 2021-10-15 18:20:24 | The quality of the film, its actors and rugged locale - and an extremely satisfying, for me, wrap up - helps push the nauseous feelings aside. |
| 175179 | Tom Meek | Cambridge Day | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-10-15T17:00:19Z | 2021-10-15 17:00:19 | It's a deeply moody piece driven by the pall of melancholy and gorgeous photograph of the stunning, vast Icelandic green lands. |
| 175180 | Trace Sauveur | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-10-15T16:30:13Z | 2021-10-15 16:30:13 | Lamb is still ridiculous but by way of being something of a modern fable, a slice of atmospheric folk horror for today's audiences. At its core, there's a genuinely affecting story about parenthood and the burden of loss. |
| 175181 | Simon Miraudo | Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-10-15T05:30:08Z | 2021-10-15 05:30:08 | As a horror movie, it didn't really work for me. Take it as a deadpan absurd comedy. |
| 175182 | Stephen Silver | Tilt Magazine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-10-14T18:50:40Z | 2021-10-14 18:50:40 | Slow, quiet, and very, very weird. It's one of those movies in which you're either on its wavelength or you're not, but I was. |
| 175183 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Fresh | — | 2021-10-14T07:00:09Z | 2021-10-14 07:00:09 | Lamb is being marketed as a horror movie, but during the first two-thirds of the story, viewers might be wondering what's so terrifying about this film. It isn't until the last third of the movie that the horror elements kick into high gear. |
| 175184 | Candice McMillan | Seattle Refined | Fresh | — | 2021-10-14T06:10:08Z | 2021-10-14 06:10:08 | The horror elements of the film, though they may be mild, accumulate into a festering, insidious feeling that rises up within us as the film reaches its climax, leaving by its end lots of juicy ideas and unanswered questions for us to graze on. |
| 175185 | Preston Barta | Denton Record-Chronicle | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-10-13T21:30:19Z | 2021-10-13 21:30:19 | There's no silencing this one. Let it send your mind running into the darkest corners. |
| 175186 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-10-13T20:20:24Z | 2021-10-13 20:20:24 | Does it work? Not entirely, but Jóhannsson doesn't let that stop him from grabbing the jugular and refusing to let go until the viewer is almost entirely out of breath. |
| 175187 | Theo Estes | The Spool | Fresh | — | 2021-10-13T19:20:28Z | 2021-10-13 19:20:28 | While Lamb's acting and visuals are overwhelmingly successful, its plotting is comparatively uneven. |
| 175188 | James Croot | The Post NZ | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-10-13T15:00:24Z | 2021-10-13 15:00:24 | Reminiscent in style and setting of New Zealand's own The Price of Milk, Lamb is a haunting tale whose horrors are heightened by the day-to-day domesticity it effectively portrays. |
| 175189 | Rachel Wagner | rachelsreviews.net | Rotten | 4/10 | 2021-10-13T06:00:10Z | 2021-10-13 06:00:10 | Lamb is not scary in the slightest. In fact, every time they showed the human lamb baby it looked so ridiculous it took me out of the movie. It was too goofy |
| 175190 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Rotten | 3/5 | 2021-10-13T03:40:09Z | 2021-10-13 03:40:09 | Lamb is artistic and evokes a variety of emotions but while a half sheep, half human baby seems cute, it is also a little disturbing. |
| 175191 | Rebecca Murray | Showbiz Junkies | Fresh | A | 2021-10-13T02:10:11Z | 2021-10-13 02:10:11 | Lamb's a weirdly wonderful and horrifyingly twisted relationship drama that asks us to embrace the bizarre and take nurture's side in its battle with nature. |
| 175192 | Kristian M. Lin | Fort Worth Weekly | Rotten | — | 2021-10-13T00:30:08Z | 2021-10-13 00:30:08 | Valdimar Jóhannsson has a good deal of talent behind the camera, and Lamb is worth seeing just so you can tell your friends that you watched a movie from Iceland. Even so, it falls short of what it sets out to do. |
| 175193 | Al Alexander | The Patriot Ledger | Fresh | B | 2021-10-13T00:10:08Z | 2021-10-13 00:10:08 | Except for a vague, somewhat disappointing ending, Lamb is a wild and woolly adventure that, despite a minimal amount of dialogue, speaks volumes about how far a couple will go to fulfill a dream, even to the extent it descends into a nightmare. |
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