this is a film with an impressive, sometimes oppressive craft and technique – but it also feels unfinished; It's frustrating. A film with real cinematic language, but that does not say anything very convincing or substantial
Rick Alverson's beautiful, often inscrutable new film; Alverson's serene affectations serve a stern, stark thesis about our evolving understanding of mental health, as well as America's dubious romanticization of its heartland
an intriguingly dark and visionary head-scratcher; The whole film is gorgeous to look at, at any rate; Goldblum's charm and naturalness is such that even in his decline as a butcher and a man, it's impossible not to enjoy him onscreen
a beautiful, challenging, and altogether singular portrait of America's fractured identity; this somber and lyrical achievement is the warmest and most inviting work from a director who traffics in an acquired taste
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
