Over time... visual slackness proves to be a sinuous strength. It prevents the film from indicating its intentions, which would remove the mystery from the tense relationships it depicts.

| Feb 13, 2019

A twisted, slippery little whisper of a thing that refuses to let itself be easily defined.

| Dec 10, 2018

Bridey Elliott has made a slippery psychological horror-comedy that begins with family and showbiz, then slides into an empathetic journey into female hysteria.

| Dec 7, 2018

Throughout Clara's Ghost you can't help but think that you're watching a quaint home video that would appeal to the members of the subject family only.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 7, 2018

The film pushes the viewer to dive deep into the tale of a fractured family. It is one of the most pleasant surprises of the year.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2018

Unfortunately, like most home movies, it's of precious little interest to non-relatives.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 4, 2018

Bridey Elliott avoids the smug pitfalls of narratives concerned with privileged people drinking themselves into a stupor.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 4, 2018

None of the scenes have any urgency and from shot-to-shot it's rarely clear what the end goal of the scene is.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 27, 2018

Writer-director Bridey Elliott's debut feature has more wit and ingenuity than is suggested by its familiar logline - and in fact this playful, intelligent film is a genuine original.

| Jun 19, 2018

Clara's Ghost more often feels directionless and tedious.

| Jan 23, 2018

In the end, there's not enough of distinction or substance to make this absurdist family comedy with a haunted-house angle feel like more than a short's worth of ideas stretched too thin.

| Jan 22, 2018

... pitch black to the point that many will find it unbearable. I say stick with it; if nothing else, the film is a work of great daring.

| Jan 22, 2018

Infrequent actress Paula Niedert Elliott delights in the titular role with a quirky, sympathetic performance that gradually reveals the extent of Clara's psychological wounds.

| Jan 19, 2018