Nocebo will have your skin crawling from start to finish as you dive into Eva Green ’s Christine’s paranoid world in Lorcan Finnegan’s latest feature.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 12, 2024

This is a worthwhile, twisty little thriller with some genuinely smart ideas within.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2024

The simplicity of Nocebo, the sharp, tense pacing, works well, making this a satisfying social commentary and an enjoyable watch.

| May 30, 2024

Nocebo makes an effort to position itself on the right side of history, but the power of its political critique wanes and wanes.

| Original Score: 7.1/10 | Oct 29, 2023

What a waste of Eva Green in her scream queen bag.

| Oct 16, 2023

With its subtle yet hilarious gags, Nocebo toys with the audience's knowledge of the genre... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 7, 2023

Nocebo first leans on the abstract, then a bluntness that may make you say, “I get what you’re saying.” Despite this, the twist on occult ritualistic practices and who is considered a parasite is worth a look.

| Mar 3, 2023

While the film has some clever explanations for things and a handful of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it dark fantasy sequences, Nocebo is mostly a mediocre thriller that is only worth seeking out for its unshakable finale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 28, 2023

Makes its point clearly and evocatively.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 24, 2023

Even if the film doesn't quite fulfill its promise by the final act, Finnegan once again crafts a distinct atmosphere of unease.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2023

Nocebo's overall message, and bizarre midsection make this a worthwhile watch in the thriller genre but one that will ultimately have you scratching your head whilst being hit in the face with a haphazardly handled core message...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2022

The film is less tense and frightening than it might have been, and it feels like not quite one thing or the other, neither being full-on horror nor deep and meaningful.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 16, 2022

A tasty set-up there, and Nocebo boasts a capable cast and some fine ideas. A tonally unsteady execution causes issues, but this ambitious, mystery-box horror rewards our patience with a blistering third act.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 15, 2022

“Lorcan Finnegan’s ‘Nocebo’ works as a companion piece to his previous feature, ‘Vivarium’ (2019), but doesn’t match the overall quality… though it is undeniably one of 2022’s great tickle movies.”

| Dec 14, 2022

There are some creepy moments but director fails to stitch together enough surprises.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2022

Eva Green and Chai Fonacier's on-screen dynamic, the message and themes behind 'Nocebo' as it relates to colonialism and capitalism, and the beautiful cinematography - it all weaves together to create a classy horror experience.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 14, 2022

Finnegan balances thriller aspects and supernatural elements with great skill, and his direction has flashes of brilliance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2022

An act of supernatural vengeance and a whoppingly crude metaphor for the western fashion industry’s shameful history of exploiting southeast Asian labour markets. If you insist on a message, it should be buried deeper than this.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 9, 2022

Its pacing issues let it down somewhat, as it is concerned with dragging its mystery out before rushing through its conclusion, but the final act is striking and harrowing...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 9, 2022

I was once again impressed by Finnegan, and I suspect not for the last time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2022