As themes of class, race and lingering trauma surface, Harris and Dormer bring conviction and ferocity to this contained exercise in contrasts and cold enmity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2025

To its credit, The Wasp uses that simplification to its advantage and shows the film has much more to offer.

| Sep 25, 2024

The sundry plot twists are forced, and eventually we mourn the fact that The Wasp ends up in a bizarre perversion of what it was initially set it up to be.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 19, 2024

A pleasant surprise; a British thriller (by a Spanish director) that I knew little or nothing about, but that I ended up loving thanks to its efficient script, excellent acting, constant surprises, and intriguing themes. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 4, 2024

The Wasp's muddled take on the female revenge story results in a movie without a sting.

| Sep 4, 2024

It is an intimate psychological thriller, which manages to transcend its spatial limitations and offer a deeply disturbing and immersive cinematic experience. [Full review in Spanish]

| Sep 3, 2024

No matter the movie's subsequent twists and turns; instead of creating a buzz of excitement, that directing choice leads to a greater desire to exterminate the whole production.

| Sep 3, 2024

'The Wasp' retains the intimacy of its stage play origins while adapting conversational thrills to the screen, resulting in a diabolical character study lifted by tremendous efforts from Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer.

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

While secured in its theatrical roots, the film version of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play bursts with energy thanks to a pair of the most captivating performances of the year by Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 3, 2024

The script is an airtight lair.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 2, 2024

For better and worse, you can tell that The Wasp was initially written for the stage.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 2, 2024

Features rich, complex performances by Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer. Together, they deliver an entertaining, multi-layered film that keeps finding new ways to surprise.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 1, 2024

Morales wisely relies on his two lead actors to bring taut vitality to the proceedings. However, as he keeps putting in many circular scenes that don’t differ much from each other, the intensity of their performances starts to feel inconsistent.

| Aug 31, 2024

The ending is about as cold-hearted and calculated as anything I’ve seen this year from a crime drama like The Wasp.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 31, 2024

Strong performances and intriguing character dynamics fuel the tension in this intimate British drama about repressed rage and lingering trauma.

| Aug 30, 2024

...a plot development straight out of a Hitchcock movie, and it kicks The Wasp into a completely different gear...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 30, 2024

The filmmakers either don’t see the potential in this compelling psychological experiment or care to explore it since the third act disappointingly devolves into a string of twists and flashbacks that derail the intense dynamic

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 30, 2024

Just when you think you have a handle on what's happening, it turns out you're wrong.

| Aug 30, 2024

Both Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer do a phenomenal job here. The end result of all these creative efforts is a disturbing and dramatic piece that packs a lot into an hour and a half and just tends to stick with you afterwards.

| Aug 30, 2024

It's just a questionable and exploitative piece of shallow gamesmanship.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 30, 2024