Still, this is a moving and fiercely acted drama which, if not quite enjoyable to watch, is admirably assembled.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2024

With excellent performances, remarkable direction, and a knack for addressing the nuances of its setup, it’s a gothic drama that’ll leave you taken in by its icy grip.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2024

God’s Creatures dares to suggest that breaks from the system are the only effective treatment against repeat offenses. It’s about the harsh measures individuals must take to protect the delicate balance of their ecology.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 2, 2023

A quietly gloomy story of modest people, but told with majesty.

| Sep 19, 2023

Gods Creatures is a dark, moody film with Mescal sure to be one of the main draws. The performances help it stand out, but there are some issues with its tonal jumps and overbearing score.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2023

God’s Creatures is a tragedy about the way that the prescribed role for women as caretakers of men of all ages can clash violently with their own sense of womanhood and female community.

| Apr 12, 2023

Even with their unsparing approach, directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer find resonance in the characters, while Shane Crowley's script provocatively grapples with extreme themes. Which gives the ace cast plenty to play with.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 4, 2023

Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s film reaches a level of melodrama rarely seen outside Russian fiction, and the story isn’t convincing enough to bear the weight. Still, the performances by Mescal, Watson and Aisling Franciosi keep you watching.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 3, 2023

Well-meaning but dourly rote...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2023

While Watson and Mescal miraculously delineate the disintegration of familial love and trust, too much is omitted from the film as a whole: backstory and motivation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 31, 2023

[Mescal] and Watson are screen icons and we shouldn’t need reminding that while he’s in his prime, so is she.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 31, 2023

Most remarkably, the film is the feature debut of two American directors, Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, who bring a laser-sharp outsider’s perspective to well-trodden material.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2023

It’s a tough watch, and a tense watch, but it’s powerfully affecting and plainly quality through and through. It asks: mothers will always instinctively protect their sons, but is that sometimes misguided?

| Mar 30, 2023

The script, written by Shane Crowley and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, seeds tiny plot points that grow into pearls.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2023

Co-directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer build real tension and dread against a contained maritime community where the uncaring laws of nature have the final say.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2023

It’s bleak and understated, but strong performances and a thorny moral maze give this considerable power despite the gloomy skies.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2023

God’s Creatures looks hard at its subjects, and makes you look and come to judgement too. Blarney, it’s not.

| Mar 27, 2023

Moody, atmospheric feature ... is a slow burn ... God’s Creatures also presents that insightful, slice of life tale ... Despite the sombre nature ... it is the pub’s glowing embers that exude a warmth .. powerful film examining that moral compass

| Mar 24, 2023

Powerful performances make it a drama worth watching, particularly from Watson, who’s superb as Aileen... As for Mescal, his nuanced and subtle portrayal gives us the sense that Brian is a charming, but brittle young man, who’s used to getting his way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2023

Paul Mescal's knack of landing the right role at the right time continues with God's Creatures: a taut psychological character study that shows another side to him as an actor -- this time opposite Emily Watson.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 23, 2023