Despite the fact that this indie project lacked the financial resources of some of Hollywood’s big-budget post-apocalyptic, action-heavy films, the filmmakers exceed expectations in terms of world-building, stunning visual effects, and storytelling.

| Oct 26, 2023

It’s a fascinating film that discusses the reality and survival of the world through a much deeper lens with otherworldly visuals.

| Sep 8, 2023

Incredibly imaginative and empowering, this sci-fi tale with a memorable 13-year-old main character shows that intelligence and compassion are heroic qualities.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 19, 2023

Vesper is another movie depicting a bleak hellscape of a not-so-distant future, but the film contains some great performances, an original story, and shimmering visuals [to] keep things interesting all the way through.

| Jul 14, 2023

With its visual potency, commitment to pure sci-fi, and emotional warmth, Vesper is a film worth considering. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2023

Directors Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper compose a delicate, precise and extremely lyrical fable about disaster. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2023

A story of wonders and salvation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2023

For something a bit different to your usual blockbuster sci-fi fare, try Vesper. It feels small, earthy, contained to a handful of locations, without the overdone pontificating grandeur.

| Apr 6, 2023

Chapman, who spends significant portions of Vesper on her own or with only Darius' drone prop for a scene partner, proves a worthy lead.

| Jan 9, 2023

The film's storyline is stretched thin at a few points, mostly because all of it takes place in this post-apocalyptic forest and they have to figure out how to give her something to do and local baddies to confront before she ventures out.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 30, 2022

The movie creates an astounding world to look at, and it smartly doesn’t try to explain every strange detail.

| Nov 16, 2022

There’s some very inventive special effects work -- both practical and CGI... Unfortunately, it appears that not quite as much attention and imagination was paid to the script as was given to the look of the film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2022

It’s inventive and atmospheric, just not entirely coherent.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 23, 2022

If you are going to see one post-apocalyptic, low-tech French-Lithuanian-Belgian film in English this year with Eddie Marsan as the heavy, make sure it’s this one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 20, 2022

…tapping into current anxieties about genetic engineering, Vesper turns out to be an unexpectedly smart sci-fi drama…

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

Buozyte and Samper, along with their visual and special effects crew, create a rich and dazzling world not yet seen before

| Oct 12, 2022

“Vesper” is a transporting experience and a masterclass on immersive world-building, showing that you don’t need the deep pockets of a major studio to create an absorbing setting.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 12, 2022

The world is beautifully realised by directors Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper. Splicing the organic with a sprinkle of magic.

| Oct 9, 2022

A wonder to look at, complemented by elegant performances, Vesper presents a haunting apocalyptic nightmare that is hard to pull away from.

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

Even when the movie drags or the outcome of a scene is so obvious that you just want to get it over with, the film’s melancholy, allegorical ending is a satisfying payoff.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2022