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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangMona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a blast.
- 80Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenAmirpour’s career to date offers a triptych of stories of women navigating men’s worlds, and needing all their nous and resources to survive in them – and this is her most straight-up enjoyable survivor tale yet. It’s a feminist parable that may not linger as long as in the mind as her more provocative debut, but it’s irresistible fun in the moment.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeMona Lisa and the Blood Moon solidifies Amirpour’s reputation as a master of subversion.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanMona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a lark, a contradiction — a lurid, violent, caught-in-the-gutter movie that’s also a nimble and knowing tall tale for adults.
- 75The Film StageDavid KatzThe Film StageDavid KatzThis is a midnight movie/B-movie-type work that knows exactly what it is––there’s no pretensions of “elevated horror” here. Mona Lisa is smart, politically aware, and reaffirms a bit of faith in Amirpour’s talent.
- 60The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksMona Lisa and the Blood Moon offers street-food for the senses, served with lashings of hot sauce. It’s hardly nutritious but it tastes fine in the moment, wolfed down on the run.
- 60The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinThe film is ultimately little more than a trifle, but Hudson is the cherry topping: as this messy, crafty, grasping nightmare, the actress is more fun than she’s been in years.
- 58IndieWireChristina NewlandIndieWireChristina NewlandMost of the movie’s machinations seem merely in service of deepening the central gambit, which is to follow Mona’s journey and to look cool while doing it. On that front, it succeeds, but the movie’s charms are limited when the originality it purports to offer only feels like a bit of a costume.