With stylistic choices reminiscent of Andrea Arnold’s Red Road (2006) and Fish Tank (2009), Silver Haze is a candid exploration of trauma and trust.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 10, 2024

The normal thing would be to feel pity for the creatures in the film; what they cause is boredom. There is never analysis, but rather gloating in the characters' own cruelty. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 23, 2024

The strength of the protagonist and the rest of the cast gives strength to a film shot with character... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 21, 2024

Between this and Dirty God, Knight has proven herself to be a performer who can make just about any role feel authentic and unshowy, and she makes the most of it once more in this film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2024

Stark, bleak and painfully true, this is the tragic story of how one broken person cannot heal another.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 30, 2024

Knight's courage in drawing on her own experiences brings power to her performance, while Polak shows great boldness in taking on so much challenging subject matter.

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

Sacha Polak's Silver Haze, starring Vicky Knight and Esmé Creed-Miles, feels like drifting through a nonsensical but very real wave of emotion.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 3, 2024

Queerness that isn’t defined by its queerness is always a green flag, but what makes Silver Haze an enriching addition to the lesbian canon of cinema is its rugged ties to the British working class.

| Apr 2, 2024

It's unusual, it's not like anything you'll see in the cinema... it's terrific.

| Apr 2, 2024

Silver Haze is exemplary in showing how first love is wondrous until it curdles and how young adults learn -- or don’t, at their peril -- to negotiate that disillusionment and make tough decisions.

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

It’s a more complex film than Dirty God — and often a more frustrating, mercurial one — but it’s just as fascinating and fulfilling.

| Mar 29, 2024

A messy film, but in a very lifelike and truthful way. Knight and Creed-Miles are amazing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 27, 2024

Silver Haze is a sombre, thoughtful film about depression and what is (and isn’t) likely to promote emotional healing, performed with openness and honesty.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2024

Quite powerful and moving.

| Mar 23, 2024

A rough but excellent depiction of one woman’s journey to a more peaceful future. It’s not always a relaxing watch, but it’s definitely worth our admiration.

| Mar 21, 2024

Never less than completely engaging,

| Mar 13, 2024

Polak's Silver Haze is an essential entry into the world of complicated and compelling young women living on the fringes of proper society.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 12, 2024

Silver Haze is a frustrating movie because it looks quite authentic and yet the screenplay is a jumbled mess that gets in the way.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 8, 2024

Sacha Polack in deep collaboration with her actors has fashioned a film about the importance of finding “your people.” The people who see you and love you. The people who don’t ask you to sacrifice your life so they can keep living theirs.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 7, 2024

The result is an unfocused concoction of intriguing setups and half-cooked drama.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 1, 2024