Most Beautiful Island not only tests the idea of a traditional horror film, but it exceeds the confines of that definition

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2021

Using real locations and shot on Super 16, Asensio captures the excitement and strangeness that is living in New York.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 10, 2020

Asensio sequesters us to loitering long-takes in this slowburn thriller that becomes a riveting fable of immigrant struggles.

| Feb 28, 2020

Ana Asensio's 'Most Beautiful Island' is a powerful and relevant film with strong acting and beautiful cinematography.

| Original Score: 5 | Aug 15, 2019

Shocking, with an impeccable narrative and a necessary look as intimate as uncomfortable to a not so attractive land of opportunities. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 1, 2019

A contemporary examination of the American Dream, and how that idea has decayed, through the eyes of a woman whose experience as an immigrant is more horrifying than dreamy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2019

What Asensio achieves in her feature film debut is a reaction most directors fail to create in their entire career.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2019

A tragic immigrant story married to a Polanski-esque social horror film.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 2, 2018

A powerful debut for Asensio, who is able to accomplish so much with so little.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Anchored by Asensio's fearless and gripping performance, Most Beautiful Island directs an unflinching point of view toward an often invisible population.

| Aug 24, 2018

...a scary film of terror. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2018

Most Beautiful Island is a slow-burning tale that feels very tangible. It ends a little abruptly,... but it doesn't detract from everything else that has come before.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2018

Actress Ana Asensio [is] excellent, as is her partner Natasha Romanova. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 29, 2018

Both social drama and thriller, Most Beautiful Island is a breathtaking study in how expendable the vast hordes of humanity appear to certain segments of the ultra-rich population.

| Jan 24, 2018

Most Beautiful Island is a terrifying movie. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 22, 2018

This is a sharp and, at only 80 minutes, tightly-made debut. The script is strong with some nice little hints and nods, so you can put the pieces of the wider story together.

| Jan 18, 2018

A debut as fascinating as unclassifiable. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2018

Too weak a proposal both at the narrative level and in terms of content. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 16, 2018

Just as it gets its final sting in the tail, it abruptly kills off any hope that what you endure to get to the point of a decent story was worth the wait.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 19, 2017

Yet rather than just settling for a grim, social-realist slog, [Ana] Asensio plays up the harrowing suspense of her character's struggle for survival, pushing it towards a logical if wildly unpredictable dramatic extreme.

| Dec 19, 2017