& Rose Glass

Love Lies Bleeding

6.7

A romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream.

Director: , Rose Glass
Main Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Katy O'Brian
Soundtrack: , Clint Mansell
Cinematography: , Ben Fordesman
Screenplay: , Rose Glass

Cinema Premiere: March 15, 2024

What do English critics think?

4 english reviews of Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

1. The Guardian

10 / 10

For a film as over-the-top as this, it might be counterintuitive to talk about subtlety, but Stewart is genuinely that; her line readings are coolly calibrated, quizzical, restrained, sometimes infinitesimally double-taking at the bizarre or outrageous things happening in front of her.
- Peter Bradshaw
theguardian.com »
2. Washington Post

8.8 / 10

Despite the radio reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall and some very “Just Say No”-era drug busts, this is a mythic 1980s and a mythic USA, peopled by venal desperados pulled from the mildewed pages of a 1950s Jim Thompson novel.
- Jessica Kiang
Washington Post »
3. The Irish Times

8 / 10

The best grubby, bloody, vaguely sub-Coen period lesbian thriller of the season turns out to the be the one with no actual Coen involvement.
- Donald Clarke
The Irish Times »
4. Variety

8 / 10

"Love Lies Bleeding" turns consciously wild and garish, and you may think that the film is losing control, yet Rose Glass is fiercely in control of what she’s doing.
- Owen Gleiberman
Variety »

9 foreign reviews of Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

1. Uppsala Nya Tidning

10 / 10

Translated from swedish: A beautiful, sexy and dark thriller about boundless love
- Virve Ivarsson
Swedish: unt.se »
2. Moviezine

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: "Love Lies Bleeding" is a stylish and well-crafted film that takes the viewer on a fast-paced journey through a dirty and colorful 1980s, but whose heightened and surrealistic narrative may not appeal to everyone.
- Jonathan Enochsson
Swedish: moviezine.se »
3. Sydsvenskan

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: Shameless pulp fiction with a dollop of 'Freud-for-dummies'
- Michael Tapper
Swedish: sydsvenskan.se »
4. Bio.nu

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: It will be exciting to see what director Rose Glass has in store for her next, third feature film. This one is sharp.
Swedish: bio.nu »
5. Västerbottenskuriren

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: The blood and sweat are running in a brutal romance
Swedish: vk.se »
6. Dagens Nyheter

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: "Love Lies Bleeding" has intense sex scenes but nothing left over for deep romance
- Wanda Bendjelloul
Swedish: dn.se »
7. Göteborgs-Posten

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: Rose Glass impresses with a film noir set in the desolate New Mexico of 1989.
- Mats Johnson
Swedish: gp.se »
8. Toppraffel

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: I think the characters are a bit too unsympathetic for me to become fully engaged in the story. Lou is grumpy and crabby, Jackie is quirky. In other words, as is usually the case in this type of film. More drama than thriller.
Swedish: toppraffel.se »
9. Aftonbladet

4 / 10

Translated from swedish: Form and image suck up all the oxygen, and "Love Lies Bleeding" becomes a lightly superficial depiction of surface, flesh, and the American dream.
- Emma Gray Munthe
Swedish: aftonbladet.se »