The Beguiled

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “The strength of her film transcends the soldier’s power to seduce. We’re beguiled, as an audience, by seeing this male animal as he is seen, and for better and worse experienced, by a diverse and dynamic group of females. And by seeing, in the end, how The Beguiled gives new and memorable meaning to the notion of a finishing school.”

  Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal · 100

• “Witty, menacing and steamy (in every sense), The Beguiled is an intelligent update and Coppola’s best work to date. Oscars await.”

  Jane Crowther, Total Film · 100

• “The Beguiled is a lurid, sweltering, and sensationally fun potboiler that doesn’t find Coppola leaving her comfort zone so much as redecorating it with a fresh layer of soft-core scuzz.”

  David Ehrlich, IndieWire · 91

• “There’s grace to be found in The Beguiled, and delicacy, but what’s most interesting is the brutality and power that seethe beneath the surface.”

  Allison Shoemaker, Consequence · 91

• “The film consistently works as both a straightforward psychosexual thriller and something more troubling — almost unspoken — underneath.”

  Tim Grierson, Screen Daily · 90