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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangMurina is rife with symbolism, but it’s a mark of Kusijanović’s command — an astonishing quality for a first-time feature director — that the recurring motifs and metaphors are worn so lightly and feel so organic to the film’s microcosmic universe.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonShowing how paradise can be hell, this audiovisual treat is spiritedly played by its leads and bristles with a brooding menace that can't quite disguise the story's essentially melodramatic nature.
- 80Little White LiesLaura VenningLittle White LiesLaura VenningAnchored by four very strong performances, Murina is a taut psychodrama that makes subtle but impactful statements about misogyny and personal choice.
- 80Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonMurina is a superb study in sustained subliminal menace, with Gracija Filipovic especially skilled playing a young woman learning how to utilise her sensuality to secure her freedom
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakMurina proves a coming-of-age tale dealing with more than the usual tropes of puppy love, sexual awakening, and identity-building.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreKusijanovic has given us a “Lolita” without exploitation, a “Knife in Water” with spear guns, and a disturbing riff on toxic masculinity and rash teenaged impulses simmered in a seaside chowder of sex and gamesmanship, making for a dazzling first feature.
- 63Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassWith so much screen time devoted to portraying its main character’s complexities, the other characters remain half-developed, and to the detriment of the film’s themes.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAll this is acted with smouldering intensity and authenticity, particularly by Filipovic, although it’s possible to wonder if there is anything unexpected to come in the third act, or if we can roughly guess where it’s all heading.
- 50IndieWireRyan LattanzioIndieWireRyan LattanzioA murky, vaguely sinister, but ultimately dreary coming-of-age film about a young woman’s blossoming sexuality under the spell of her mother’s old flame.