seldom has a film succeeded in depicting the way a traumatic experience can turn cancerous like this, eating away at a young woman's beauty, leaving only the dessicated husk of who she was before
Kusama's best movie since "Girlfight"; Kidman's such a furious engine of rage driving the story forward... but this unapologetically pulpy drama benefits from her relentless ability to wrestle control of every situation
director Karyn Kusama shifts dexterously between the present and the past, unspooling a satisfyingly twisted piece of storytelling by writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who succeed in making both plots gripping
by Benjamin Lee [The Guardian ]
by Kate Taylor [Globe and Mail ]
