The Girl with the Needle

Translated from swedish: A strength of the film is how it portrays without stigmatizing, allowing the audience to decide for themselves what they feel and think about what happens. No moral finger-wagging, yet still a reminder of how broken life can be and what it can drive us to. But also how far we've come since then.
- Linou Gertz

Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

Translated from swedish: The film never attempts to excuse Overbye's horrific crimes and makes the choice to let us witness her deeds, truly see and understand the extent of the horror. Yet it still dares to ask the question of how much society's attitudes bear responsibility for her creation.
- Caroline Hainer

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: Masterful about Danish angel maker
- Annika Gustafsson

Swedish: sydsvenskan.se »

Translated from swedish: Magnus von Horn puts unforgettable faces on society's gray areas and age-old hypocrisy, which for centuries has nourished underground abortion operations. "The Girl with the Needle" is both a dark old tale and a terrifyingly close everyday dystopia.
- Kasia Syty

Swedish: unt.se »

Translated from swedish: Magnus von Horn's Oscar-nominated period drama is impressive. The film relies heavily on shock value – the story is punctuated by hefty doses of discomfort and disgust.
- Jon Asp

Swedish: svd.se »

Translated from swedish: The artful black-and-white photography creates a certain distance, as driven aesthetics sometimes can, which in this case is probably for the best. Perhaps the same misery depicted in full color would have been overwhelming. What's clear, however, is that even this year's best Swedish film (so far) is Danish.
- Fredrik Sahlin

Swedish: dn.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Girl with the Needle" impresses visually and draws viewers into a dark universe of unwanted children and gothic horror.
- Mats Johnson

Swedish: gp.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Girl with the Needle" is black as coal with a human heart
- Björn Jansson

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Girl with the Needle" is a film that explores women's autonomy and the right to control their own bodies. I can see in this an element of the debate about free abortion, regardless of whether it's intended to be that or not. So when the drama finally ends and the discomfort refuses to leave, it's therefore hard to know what's truly most frightening. What I just witnessed on the big screen, or what the story reflects about our society today?
- Jonna Vanhatalo

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: A deeply original and unsettling experience.
- Eric Diedrichs

Swedish: filmtopp.se »

Translated from swedish: The Girl with the Needle is beautiful despite being yet another pitch-black heavy drama that would terrify anyone. Much thanks to the stunning cinematography that tells more than the script does, which is the weakest element.
- Camilla Käller

Swedish: omfilmer.se »

Translated from swedish: A well-crafted script, with phenomenal actors and a plot that keeps you wanting to know what happens next. It accomplishes a lot in two hours and leaves you deeply moved.
- Linus Andersen

Swedish: cinetaste.se »

Translated from swedish: Watching "The Girl with the Needle" is like stepping into darkness, and I don't mean the cozy blackness of the movie theater. It's a heavy story where you know that even in the beautiful moments, there's no safety. At any moment, a trapdoor could open beneath the main character, Karoline, and when it does, she's going to hit hard.
- Lars Böhlin

Swedish: vk.se »

Translated from swedish: Several times I think that the scenes could have been framed as small works of art in themselves. Rarely, or perhaps never, has brutality been portrayed so beautifully.
- Alec Friman

Swedish: flm.nu »

Translated from swedish: Film art – with flat female portraits
- Emma Gray Munthe

Swedish: aftonbladet.se »