Melanie Lynskey and John Gallagher Jr. are two of the most gifted actors in film, and the roles they have in Sadie allow them to fully inhabit characters who are imperfect but good-hearted and very real.

| Oct 11, 2021

The movie doesn't hit as hard as it should since Griffiths strikes such a monotonously grim tone and the performances aren't very convincing.

| Mar 3, 2020

Its honesty and power makes it feel large; you live among these characters in their weary trailer park, aching for them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2018

Schloss owns "Sadie" in a finely-tuned performance of a girl learning her own power and the consequences of her actions.

| Oct 15, 2018

Sadie solely serves as a breakout performance from Sophia Mitri Schloss, who utterly disappears in the lead role.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 13, 2018

Sadie shares its protagonist's most defining attribute-a frustratingly manipulative nature.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 12, 2018

You're likely to believe Sadie more than you believe "Sadie."

| Oct 11, 2018

Excellent performances and vivid atmosphere compensate for the plot contrivances.

| Oct 10, 2018

Sadie remains a clear-eyed portrait of maternal love, teenage turmoil, and the singular type of tight-knit bonds formed, out of necessity in many cases, in low-income communities.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 8, 2018

You live among these characters, aching for them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 18, 2018

Equal parts coming-of-age story and slow-burn thriller, writer-director Megan Griffiths' quietly absorbing and methodically disquieting drama is a genuine rarity: a sympathetic portrait of a budding sociopath.

| Mar 27, 2018

Sadie is an inconsistent character, and that makes for an inconsistent movie.

| Mar 18, 2018

But it's full of tiny, perfect touches (like the specific way the mother and daughter curl up together on their tiny trailer bed), and there's something refreshing about the way the movie just lets these character talk - and listen - to each other.

| Mar 16, 2018

Unfortunately, too much of the biggest revelations feel like palmed-off traumas that dilute the real terror of the film, which should be easy enough to focus on.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 12, 2018