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By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 07 Oct 2021

Bleak and crisp and cold as an Icelandic waterfall, Lamb is a movie with a sheepheaded toddler in great knitwear, the vague looming of something…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 Oct 2021

In what is essentially a three-human story (they’re outnumbered by their animal co-stars), Rapace brings the heart and soul to every close-up…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 Oct 2021

It’s a different register for Rapace, who remains controlled, with a few explosions of emotion…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Oct 2021

Slow-moving and inarguably nutty, Lamb nevertheless wields its atavistic power with the straightest of faces, helped in no small measure by…

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By Trace Sauveur (69) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 07 Oct 2021

If you like your affected character dramas with a healthy dose of weird insanity, you may just find yourself head over hooves…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Oct 2021

Lamb is weird and disturbing, even by the standards of the movie’s indie distributor, A24, which is known for its eclectic and times unsettling…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 06 Oct 2021

The narrative doesn’t generate much interest; the nature of the ultimate ending is discernible from a distance, and the movie’s message…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 05 Oct 2021

Whatever transpires or is left unexplained, Jóhannsson never loses track of the mood he sets out to establish, that of a frosty folk tale…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Oct 2021

This intimate, four-character film has its own quiet rhythms, compatible with yet distinct from any perceived A24 house style…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence (296) on 04 Oct 2021

Lamb takes on the ominous, warning air of an old fable, the kind of pre-Grimm fairy tale meant to threaten the gullible with punishment for…

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By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 04 Oct 2021

Though eerie and quietly deadpan, the film circles its grab bag of themes for so long that it also becomes tedious…

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By Siddhant Adlakha (174) for IGN (1,013) on 27 Sep 2021

Lamb is a wonderfully strange film about parenthood…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 26 Jul 2021

Lamb takes a low-key minimalist approach to its premise that invites a certain shock-and-awe reaction before doubling back to give it purpose…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Jul 2021

No matter how pure your intentions nor how real your pain, these ancient myths all teach us, debts always come due, and the chilling denouement…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 26 Jul 2021

The brilliantly sustained mood and matter-of-fact absurdity of Valdimar Jóhannsson’s impressive debut is slightly let down by a pay-off…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Jul 2021

Lamb is a disturbing experience but also a highly original take on the anxieties of being a parent, a tale in which nature plus nurture yields…

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By Elena Lazic (92) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Jul 2021

Lamb indeed is more of a slow build-up of dread than it is a real shocker, and Jóhannsson does know how to rack up the tension with long takes,…

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