The characters need more work to support the theme and narrative structure and the dialogue is rigid and underdeveloped.

| Sep 4, 2023

It attempts to generate some tight-wound tension, but the logic beneath it isn’t sound, and the answers it gives us feels more muted than revelatory.

| Jul 12, 2022

Like "Inception," it'll make you question if what you're seeing is real or not, and thanks to a solid script from Conor Stechschulte, it works most of the time.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 27, 2022

…with no body-horror, gore or even effects, Schroeder does a remarkable job of maintaining grown-up narrative tension, and the pay-off is surprising satisfying…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2022

It’s a brave storyteller’s gambit, but there’s something finally underwhelming and convoluted about Ultrasound once it deigns to join the dots.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 13, 2022

Ultrasound falters with some erratic storytelling, but the cast members' commendable performances and the movie's willingness to take chances make it worth watching for people interested in unconventional sci-fi movies.

| Apr 14, 2022

Usually the kind of movie I love: the head trip paranoia thriller that ends up altering reality. Though this time, I couldn't get invested in the characters and mostly just felt as confused as they were. The ending is strong but most of it was a shrug.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 4, 2022

This is finally a meaty part for [Bob Stephenson]. He's one of the best actors out there, and he finally gets a really great part. It's wonderful.

| Mar 30, 2022

This is the kind of ambitious, surprising, unexpected, ultra low-budget movie that, as a critic, you just love to see turn up.

| Mar 30, 2022

Even as it detonates any hope of relying on the frailty of human recollection, Ultrasound burrows into the subconscious, an earworm of haunting moments and eerie revelations.

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

An uncanny sci-fi thriller, Ultrasound is a mind-bending and inventive premise with some interesting twists and turns but ultimately leaves you wanting more.

| Mar 20, 2022

This tricky, unsettling puzzle-box sci-fi tale feels initially familiar, but it doles out its clues at all the right spots, in just the right proportions, until we're left brain-bent and gobsmacked.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 19, 2022

A genuinely tense and freaky work that starts out making sense. Good luck holding on once questions about reality and mind experiments are introduced.

| Mar 16, 2022

A slow, mediocre mesh of absurdity and puzzling plot that isn’t quite as fulfilling as it hopes to be.

| Original Score: 6.3/10 | Mar 15, 2022

It’s a sort of lo-fi indie spin on the politically charged, sardonic diabolical-conspiracy terrain of The Manchurian Candidate, a movie that looks more prescient with each passing year.

| Mar 15, 2022

Unbearably tense at times, Ultrasound executes its high-brow sci-fi concept with ease, while some unanswered threads can make it a frustrating watch.

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

Ultrasound evokes a creeping sense of paranoia that may follow me for days to come.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 11, 2022

Although it tests your patience with its labyrinthine structure, this confusing yet intriguing blend of horror and science fiction pays off with some sharp and stylish twists.

| Mar 11, 2022

The film’s overall tone is a bit dry, and the narrative lacks tension, aside from its central mystery. But the performances are strong, and the points the filmmakers are making about the slipperiness of memory do resonate.

| Mar 11, 2022

Once the pieces of the filmmakers' puzzle come together ... we're left wondering what it has to say and why it matters...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 11, 2022