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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezA sinister dread pulses through Bridgend, one that is engrossing and terrifying.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyBased on a real-life rash of teen suicides in Wales, Danish director Jeppe Rønde’s 2015 Tribeca winner feels like the sort of slow BBC America procedural you’d quickly give up on.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThere’s a lot that I like about what Rønde has done here to create a mood piece that chills your bones as it crescendos into abstraction.
- 63RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comBridgend does have a life on its own beyond fact, but the narrative it offers in place of the headlines only further proves how phenomena like adolescence and death is better observed, not investigated.
- 60The New York TimesKen JaworowskiThe New York TimesKen JaworowskiEverything’s in service of the images in Bridgend, a stylishly shot, eerily scored and moodily acted film that wants for nothing but a plot. Depending on how you like your movies, this is either a walkout or a must-see.
- 60Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganRonde, who clearly identifies with the teenage perspective, has delivered some gorgeous sequences, nonetheless. Formerly a documentarian, his debut could be seen as a delicious experiment, tantalising audiences as to what he might do next. Or it could be dubbed chaotic and indulgent, an awkward misfire.
- 38Slant MagazineNick McCarthySlant MagazineNick McCarthyThe film, with its dark-blue-hued cinematography and murky music, is all foreboding atmosphere.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungA textbook example of how not to turn real-life headlines into big-screen drama, Jeppe Ronde's Bridgend is a toxic combination of the laughable and the reprehensible.