63
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80IGNKatie RifeIGNKatie RifeWeaving’s expressive face and boundless energy make her a compelling heroine, and her will to survive is unstoppable.
- 75IndieWireChristian ZilkoIndieWireChristian ZilkoEven if the execution isn’t always where it needs to be, Katz and screenwriter Simon Barrett still deserve their flowers for conceiving such a purely cinematic idea and swinging for it with so much confidence.
- 70ColliderMatt DonatoColliderMatt DonatoAzrael is both familiar and unique, blending genre comforts with a risky idea. Luckily, it all works, paying off a relatively massive gamble that benefits from Samara Weaving's star power.
- 70The Daily BeastColeman SpildeThe Daily BeastColeman SpildeWeaving confirms that she has the nerve to be a horror icon, delivering a wicked and gritty performance, and rising to the demands of a film where she must believably convey the nuances of fright and rage, without any words to do so.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerSilence is both the film’s main asset and its principal limitation, creating moments of suspense but also leaving us in the dark, to the point that it feels more like a gimmick than anything substantial.
- 40Screen RantFerdosa AbdiScreen RantFerdosa AbdiThe lack of specificity around the situation and the underbaked character development reduces Azrael to being nothing more than a horror with an interesting premise.