...powerful rumination on domestic violence...

| Original Score: 17/20 | Apr 1, 2021

A powerful debut feature with a commanding performance from Olivia Wilde that will hopefully see them both lean more into genre films in future projects.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2021

Wilde is fine, but the film never scores its punches as it keeps packing more and more on...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 19, 2021

A Vigilante is an incredibly tough watch, but it may be a necessary one for many.

| Jul 20, 2020

It's a very impressively-made film. [Writer-director Sarah Daggar-Nickson]'s visual sense of style, her command of an elliptical style is really strong -- for 60 minutes... The last 30 minutes are fine, but it's not on the same level.

| Sep 24, 2019

Wilde delivers the most captivating performance of her career, but she does so in service of a contrived story that, when it's not straining credulity, offers few surprises.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2019

Like having a good cry, you will walk away from 'A Vigilante' a more emotionally and mentally enriched person. The awareness it brings and the journey that star Olivia Wilde takes you on (in a career-best performance) make it rewarding.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 10, 2019

Wilde is spectacular. Writer-director Sarah Daggar-Nickson navigates with understanding and skill - her heroine is surprisingly believable, though that's partly because we want to believe.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 4, 2019

The first half is fascinating, but the picture loses its momentum during the second hour.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 2, 2019

The film doesn't work without this character's pain, and Wilde absolutely sells it, a spectacular performance.

| May 31, 2019

The pauses occasionally stall the narrative, but Wilde is a captivating presence, the rage inside her character, curiously, given more weight by the passiveness of her expressions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 31, 2019

[A] patient, nuanced film-making that showcases, in Wilde, a muscular and increasingly versatile screen talent.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 31, 2019

A timely and important drama with a strong message.

| May 31, 2019

See A Vigilante for Olivia Wilde's performance and the message it offers, but don't say I didn't warn you that it is an incredibly arduous film to watch.

| May 31, 2019

It's a tough, tense movie with a couple of bone-snappingly violent moments, but critically it dials down the exploitation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 29, 2019

While it plays more like genre thriller than deep-dive drama, there's plenty to admire in the way in which director and star have chosen to tell this sadly familiar story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 28, 2019

As a work of cinema, A Vigilante certainly makes for a solid revenge thriller from Sarah Daggar Nickson.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 28, 2019

The director cooks it slow and steady, balancing the tension throughout. Yet, she never provides that spine-chilling effect one constantly seeks in a film of this nature.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2019

A delicate and clever study of lasting scars both inside and out. Skillfully straddling the line between mourning and hope, A Vigilante delivers a precious commodity we too rarely see at the movies: sincerity.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 2, 2019

The film never full escapes the parameters of its subgenre... but Dagger-Nickson's focus on the emotional toll of abuse and Wilde's hollow rage are perpetual reminders that closure for its victims is hard won, at best.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 1, 2019