Comically twisting the source genre away from the concept of the Final Girl, Fresh celebrates female camaraderie, resourcefulness, and good humour in the face of monstrous behaviour.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2022

It’s as subtle as a sledgehammer, but Fresh’s audacious storytelling, full-throated performances and accomplished direction make for a tasty, wildly entertaining concoction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2022

As a statement of intent from two emerging filmmakers -- this is Kahn’s second feature script -- Fresh makes a potent impression. It’s stylish and smart where it counts, even if it occasionally veers into the unnecessarily didactic.

| Mar 17, 2022

To frame it in Fresh’s own language, all we get here is a single bite -- not the whole steak.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 17, 2022

The whirr of subplots also resembles an over-extended tasting menu. Too many dishes fly by; the evening starts to feel like a long night.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 17, 2022

This movie will not be to everyone’s taste. But it is well made, well acted, and has clever, surprising twists towards the end. It marks the debut director as a filmmaker to watch.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 17, 2022

I really dug this. It is twisted, ambitious, and cool.

| Mar 12, 2022

Writer Lauryn Kahn and director Mimi Cave have constructed a playful and captivating horror story bolstered by solid performances that does, at times, feel pretty fresh.

| Mar 10, 2022

About 30 minutes into the film, the opening credits finally roll, and we’re off, taking a morbidly comedic turn towards the truly unsettling.

| Mar 8, 2022

Call it Fifty Shades of Grey with Tabasco sauce.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 7, 2022

A lightweight fun dating satire for people who love the grisly stuff.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 6, 2022

With a sharply energetic script from comedy screenwriter Lauryn Kahn, “Fresh” willfully borrows from both comedy and horror in a way that destabilizes the use of each.

| Mar 5, 2022

Like a lot of movies these days, Fresh feels like it was conceived through its themes first and then written to bolster those ideas, rather than from the perspective of character or story.

| Mar 5, 2022

The irresistibility of Fresh lies in the fact that it doesnt take itself too seriously -- all things considered, the film manages to stay light on its feet with its Hostel meets Ex Machina concept.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 5, 2022

Splatter movie, satire and slapstick come together and at last you can laugh. How sweet it is.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2022

Cave takes a light touch with the gore in this film, but she uses it to pointed affect. Unfortunately, Fresh ditches that ambiguity in favor of an otherwise straightforward survival plot that suffers in its inability to examine its characters too closely.

| Mar 4, 2022

Fresh wants to do and say everything.

| Original Score: A | Mar 3, 2022

"Fresh" is a reminder to everyone fed up with the horrors of modern dating that things could be much, much worse.

| Original Score: B | Mar 3, 2022

A balm to any singleton that promises to turn you off online dating and red meat forever.

| Mar 3, 2022

Fresh doesn’t push the body horror as far as it could, and works better as an empowerment fable than as an actual thriller. But maybe that’s for the best.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 3, 2022