Murina has an erotic charge similar to The Postman Always Rings Twice, the classic noir about a torrid affair between a charismatic outsider and the younger wife of a domineering man.

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

Filipović is a real discovery: A rebel in a dazzling white swimsuit that’s like a middle finger raised to the patriarchy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2022

Murina has a terrific keep-you-guessing plot, and Filipović’s performance firmly establishes her as a talent to watch.

| Aug 3, 2022

Wonderful scenery, some good performances, very moody and not quite as predictable as one would think when it starts out.

| Jul 22, 2022

Despite all the beautiful water, sun, and half-naked bodies, what I was left with as the credits rolled was a mere trace memory of stylish vacuity.

| Jul 21, 2022

A gripping power struggle, from first moment to last.

| Jul 15, 2022

Like the film’s spearfishing, eagle-eyed protagonist, who seems most at home in the water, the filmmaker clearly is swimming in the right direction.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2022

A sly reversal of "The Little Mermaid."

| Jul 14, 2022

Looking at the world around us, this is the perfect summer drama for a society that continually proves itself more and more obsessed with controlling women.

| Jul 14, 2022

Gorgeous.

| Jul 13, 2022

Coming-of-age films set at seaside locales are practically their own subgenre by now, but rarely are they as intoxicatingly present as Murina.

| Jul 10, 2022

A slow burn of a movie, one that doesn’t end in a detonation but with an enigma. Nevertheless, it’s one of the more coherent and satisfying narrative releases of the year.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 8, 2022

Through Filipović's performance you can feel the way she itches to escape on your skin. It's mesmerizing and a little bit terrifying.

| Jul 8, 2022

Kusijanovic sticks close to Julija, making canny use of the girl’s limited point of view.

| Jul 7, 2022

With so much screen time devoted to portraying its main character’s complexities, the other characters remain half-developed, and to the detriment of the film’s themes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 5, 2022

[A] sinewy family drama...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 10, 2022

Showing how paradise can be hell, this audiovisual treat is spiritedly played by its leads and bristles with a brooding menace that can't quite disguise the story's essentially melodramatic nature.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 7, 2022

A moody and mysterious drama with hidden depths.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2022

There are some very persuasive performances, and lovely cinematography by Hélène Louvart.

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

Kusijanović articulates poignantly the heartbreak of familial love crudely bound up in the performance of power.

| Mar 17, 2022