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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeBeautiful and sensitive to character but gripping when it needs to be.
- The film’s depiction of societal breakdown remains firmly planted in the realm of real human emotion, testing the resolve of two young women and unearthing awe-inspiring reserves of strength and tenderness in the process.
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartWood and Page generate a believable, prickly sibling closeness in Rozema’s unhurried but harrowing micro-portrait of how easily civilization could crumble.
- 70Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyScreen DailyDavid D'ArcyIt’s an inspiring story, acted with heart and grit by Paige and Wood, and film directed with adroitness by Rozema in a ruin of a set in the woods.
- 58ConsequenceRandall ColburnConsequenceRandall ColburnAt its core, it’s a simple and triumphant tale of sisterhood, but with so much ladled on top of it it begins to feel as though it’s grasping for a grandeur it doesn’t need. Sometimes, even the most intense emotions can benefit from a light touch.
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloIndeed, there are stretches of Into The Forest during which one could momentarily forget that it’s a survivalist tale at all… or even that it’s taking place in the middle of nowhere, for that matter. The essential becomes irrelevant.
- 50VarietyScott TobiasVarietyScott TobiasEllen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are both superb in the lead roles, but Rozema’s emphasis on the primacy of family and nature exposes a deficit of visual and narrative imagination.
- 40The GuardianNigel M SmithThe GuardianNigel M SmithPatricia Rozema’s drama doesn’t burrow deep into its end of world scenario.
- 25Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneEssentially a post-apocalyptic telenovela, it sanitizes the concept of sisterhood, and even womanhood.