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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick SchagerMakes up for any narrative patchiness with a bevy of unforgettable images and an attendant sense of ancient beliefs and rituals that divide as much as they unite.
- 75The Film StageEthan VestbyThe Film StageEthan VestbyOne could say this is the true definition of a promising debut and a subject that the film doesn’t necessarily close the book on once it ends. Baloji Tshiani could explore these ideas even more in further films.
- 75RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonRogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonOmen excellently captures the feelings of both cultural and generational alienation. In script and performance, there is never a moment of certainty.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeBaloji has constructed four fascinating characters, played persuasively by these performers, but trying to figure out where their arcs overlap, even faintly, too often distracts from the beauty before us.
- 63Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassThe patchwork structure of Omen is suited to the complexity a setting where characters switch between French, Swahili, and English depending on who they want to keep in the dark. Yet it’s difficult to shake that there are too many threads for a film of this length to do them justice.
- 50The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe film’s frenetic world-building eventually becomes numbing, in part because the uneven human dramas — each one offers a vague message about marginalization — lose momentum in all the commotion.