… nothing short of brilliant …

| Original Score: 16/20 | Dec 1, 2024

Zola could have been a unique wild ride that is witty while foul, but unfortunately it does not have much substance to hold on to.

| Original Score: D | Sep 8, 2024

What started as a Twitter thread so epic it earned the hashtag #TheStory has been transformed into a wild and woolly big-screen adaptation that not only honors its audacious social-media origin story but marks the breakthrough of a bold, fresh voice.

| Jul 29, 2024

“Zola” paints a postmodern version of Manet’s Olympia and her maid and the conflict of desire/attention.

| Jun 10, 2024

a mesmerizing stripper misadventure fever dream

| Aug 22, 2023

Zola is riveting, and the film’s rich array of cinematic techniques and performances upend convention, even if its narrative and story tend to falter.

| Jul 27, 2023

The discordant soundtrack, the eerie chirps of Zola’s iPhone, the ghost-like people repeating the same actions over and over again — make no mistake, this is a horror.

| Jul 25, 2023

Zola is a transformative roller-coaster ride that is incredibly entertaining, energetic, and downright fascinating.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2023

At times it can stretch the limits of imagination... however, this is a film “based” on a Twitter thread and therefore must be taking at face value... So buy the ticket. Take the wild, wild ride.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2022

Zola is the defining dark comedy of the digital age, thanks to Janicza Bravo’s daring direction and peerless performances from Taylour Paige and Riley Keough.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Turning tweets and piss into a must-see movie? That's cinematic alchemy.

| Aug 13, 2022

For most of its running time, Zola is as thrilling as any big-budget superhero epic.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 10, 2022

A slick, thoroughly contemporary crime dramedy that also isn’t afraid to get more than a little down and dirty.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 21, 2022

Like 2016s Spring Breakers, Zola begins to wear on your nerves as this wild ride goes to some dark places. However, strong performances and an assured director make this much more than Twitter titillation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2022

After watching the film, you'll feel exhausted from its insane rollercoaster ride - a crazy weekend trip to Florida filled with unpredictable characters and bizarro turns, yet a disarming sense of humor about itself.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 12, 2022

Paige and Keough are both stand-outs with how they handle the dramatic elements and the story's sense of humor. Even with its blemishes, Zola is wildly entertaining.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 12, 2022

How could you see Colman Domingo’s performance and not think, “This guy should be nominated for Best Supporting Actor?”

| Feb 9, 2022

Its fair to say that truth is often stranger than fiction. But Zola supposes that fiction can find greater truth yet.

| Feb 3, 2022

Doesn't know what to say about its crazy.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 28, 2022

Janicza Bravo and her co-scenarist Jeremy O. Harris removed it from a trash fire and turned it into a stunning work, a savage, comic B-movie about a sane woman (Taylour Paige) in a hard world...

| Jan 18, 2022