It has good ideas and is expertly directed by Aja; if it falters a little, it's because it ends up being too ambitious for its own good. And I'll always prefer a film like that to one that simply settles for the bare minimum. [Full review in Spanish].

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 22, 2025

Great performances and a beautiful backdrop in a film that just doesn't work.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 19, 2025

Never Let Go leads to a satisfying amount of chair-arm gripping anchored by three performances teetering on the edge of greatness.

| Jan 13, 2025

Tense, well made, and well acted, this survival horror/thriller nonetheless leaves off with a sense of frustration, shying away from fully exploring its powerful themes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 25, 2024

I was thoroughly entertained and constantly interested in the film’s narrative, but the film doesn’t match Aja’s earlier, better work.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 19, 2024

Alexandre Aja continues to show resounding competence in all types of horror... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 27, 2024

[Alexandre Aja] knows how to dole out suspense and set up scares, but the theme perhaps could've had more to offer. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 15, 2024

Never Let Go presents itself as an effective film for lovers of the more familiar horror genre, but it will be erased from your mind as quickly as you saw it. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 14, 2024

Never Let Go stems from a good concept but loses steam in its last part when it breaks its internal logic to allow for several loose ends to leave doors open for a sequel. [Full review in Spanish]

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

Never Let Go hides a story about the dangers of overprotection and fundamentalism behind the guise of the curse in the forest, much more interesting than the contemporary horror trend of easy scares. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 11, 2024

Alexandre Aja revels in his claustrophobic approach, stretching Never Let Go's premise to the limit of tolerability. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2024

“Don't Let Go” fights against the big horror franchises and the most popular releases, betting on a tense and uncomfortable type of story, for an adult audience. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: B | Oct 21, 2024

Name That Plot - I can guess the ending in five minutes.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 11, 2024

There were moments when this threatened to become this year’s Beasts of the Southern Wild or Fallen, but sadly those were just fleeting, the creators instead seemingly content to play things far more conventionally.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 9, 2024

I can't stand it when a movie gives up its own rules.

| Oct 8, 2024

A better version of the material might have kept its audience guessing - but this one tries, and fails, to have its tree bark and eat it too.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 4, 2024

Halle Berry’s performance lends gravitas to a lightweight horror story from Alexandre Aja

| Oct 4, 2024

Don’t Let Go is part folk horror, part delusion-driven thriller, but director Aja makes certain we’re never quite sure what the truth is.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 3, 2024

Despite its conceptual and formal strengths, the film fades into a peculiarly slight curiosity — a compelling, if misdirected, work of contemporary American Gothic.

| Oct 3, 2024

Personally, I liked it. Light on blood and gore, its strength lies in the unraveling faith this tight-knit family has in one another. Did I have questions? Sure, but they aren’t going to keep me up nights.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2024