Hatching - Reviews

...might seem like an obvious metaphor, but its ingenious artistry keeps it thoroughly horrifying throughout its lean 86 minutes.

...blends sugar and spice with vomit and gloop, a fairy tale gone grim, utilizing familiar tropes to unveil a story about the birth of a mother’s overbearing demand for perfection.

A creepy, compelling creature-feature packed with interesting themes, and carried by an impressive lead performance. Cracking stuff.

...deliciously repulsive Finnish horror.

It’s a movie which borrows a bit from others – chiefly Spielberg’s ET – but there is something brashly distinctive here as well.

There are exaggerated archetypes, exaggerated symbolism (...), and exaggerated fashion choices (...), and it all somehow works.

Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm makes an impressive debut that elevates a creature feature into a meditation on maternal responsibility.

Stylistic absurdity, on-the-nose satire, delightful gore and ruminations on the abject monstrous feminine provide a great formula that elevates Hatching...

Sjældent er nutidens dagligdag blevet skildret så skarpt. Det handler især om de sociale mediers glubskhed, som overskygger alt og alle.

Finska Hanna Bergholm skrämmer på riktigt med dockanimation, smart manus och ett mystiskt ägg.

...upplyftande att den nordiska filmen har börjat tänja på ramarna, vågar göra annat än drama, bred komedi och mörkögd krim.

Sophia Heikkilä spiller rollen som dominerende influencer-mor til perfektion.

Der er (...) vigtige temaer på færde og modige præstationer af både moren, Sophia Heikkilä, og ikke mindst 12-13-årige Siiri Solalinna i Tinjas svære rolle.

Det er længe siden, jeg har set en film, der med samme systematik (...) får vist alt, hvad der kan tænkes at vække vores afsky.