I absolutely loved it.

| Dec 12, 2024

Caroline Lindy’s feature debut is a droll, if uneven blend of comedy, romance, fantasy and horror that relies heavily on the off-the-charts chemistry between Barrera and Dewey, who manages to convince as a charismatic romantic lead.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 3, 2024

As fun as the boys are, this is Barrera’s show. She is tremendous, and seemingly having a tremendous amount of fun.

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

Where Lindy’s script may be slightly lacking, Barrera and Dewey are a match made in heaven, with a simple yet undeniable opposites-attract, will-they-won’t-they dynamic that left this writer longing for a series following their domestic exploits.

| Nov 20, 2024

[Your Monster] has its charms, namely the backstage intrigue, onstage songs by the Lazours, and a disarming lead in Barrera.

| Oct 29, 2024

Your Monster has some chucklesome moments, none of it enough to paper over the film’s many contrivances.

| Oct 26, 2024

Its uneven, heavy-handed approach to breakups and bad exes may quench some urge for revenge, but our main character’s heart isn’t in it.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 25, 2024

There is something good gestating here, but what’s on the screen needs a few more rewrites.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 24, 2024

Melissa Barrera’s Laura may be full of rage, but the kind of monster she is doesn’t line up with where her rage leads her.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 22, 2024

Lindy demonstrates a stronger touch with the light hearted aspects, but the darker elements tend to falter. It results in a charming enough first effort that becomes bogged down by a disjointed approach to its central conceit.

| Original Score: 2.5 | Jan 24, 2024

Though “Your Monster,” writer/director Caroline Lindy’s horror fairytale rom-com, certainly isn’t short on heart, it does run thin on details.

| Jan 23, 2024

Caroline Lindy proves to be a filmmaker with the skill to get into the guts of the genre itself, to tear free its bloody, still-beating heart.

| Jan 19, 2024

This genre-spanner goes from, well, spanning to something else: not being able to hold onto any of its many spinning plates.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 19, 2024

Whenever Laura is with Monster, Lindy’s debut can be a low-key charmer. The film lacks the teeth to be an incisive takedown of romantic comedies — in truth, it works best at its sweetest.

| Jan 19, 2024

Full of affection for big Broadway-style tunes, with a heroine whose dream man is soft-hearted but also not human, it is a sharp, witty confection.

| Jan 19, 2024

Lindy treats “Your Monster” like a high-concept sitcom premise, but fails to deliver the laughs such an approach requires.

| Jan 19, 2024