God’s Creatures dares to suggest that breaks from the system are the only effective treatment against repeat offenses. It’s about the harsh measures individuals must take to protect the delicate balance of their ecology.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Oct 2, 2023

A quietly gloomy story of modest people, but told with majesty.

Full Review | Sep 19, 2023

Gods Creatures is a dark, moody film with Mescal sure to be one of the main draws. The performances help it stand out, but there are some issues with its tonal jumps and overbearing score.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2023

God’s Creatures is a tragedy about the way that the prescribed role for women as caretakers of men of all ages can clash violently with their own sense of womanhood and female community.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2023

Even with their unsparing approach, directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer find resonance in the characters, while Shane Crowley's script provocatively grapples with extreme themes. Which gives the ace cast plenty to play with.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 4, 2023

Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s film reaches a level of melodrama rarely seen outside Russian fiction, and the story isn’t convincing enough to bear the weight. Still, the performances by Mescal, Watson and Aisling Franciosi keep you watching.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 3, 2023

Well-meaning but dourly rote...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2023

While Watson and Mescal miraculously delineate the disintegration of familial love and trust, too much is omitted from the film as a whole: backstory and motivation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 31, 2023

[Mescal] and Watson are screen icons and we shouldn’t need reminding that while he’s in his prime, so is she.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 31, 2023

Most remarkably, the film is the feature debut of two American directors, Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, who bring a laser-sharp outsider’s perspective to well-trodden material.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2023

It’s a tough watch, and a tense watch, but it’s powerfully affecting and plainly quality through and through. It asks: mothers will always instinctively protect their sons, but is that sometimes misguided?

Full Review | Mar 30, 2023

The script, written by Shane Crowley and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, seeds tiny plot points that grow into pearls.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2023

Co-directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer build real tension and dread against a contained maritime community where the uncaring laws of nature have the final say.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2023

It’s bleak and understated, but strong performances and a thorny moral maze give this considerable power despite the gloomy skies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2023

God’s Creatures looks hard at its subjects, and makes you look and come to judgement too. Blarney, it’s not.

Full Review | Mar 27, 2023

Moody, atmospheric feature ... is a slow burn ... God’s Creatures also presents that insightful, slice of life tale ... Despite the sombre nature ... it is the pub’s glowing embers that exude a warmth .. powerful film examining that moral compass

Full Review | Mar 24, 2023

Powerful performances make it a drama worth watching, particularly from Watson, who’s superb as Aileen... As for Mescal, his nuanced and subtle portrayal gives us the sense that Brian is a charming, but brittle young man, who’s used to getting his way.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2023

Paul Mescal's knack of landing the right role at the right time continues with God's Creatures: a taut psychological character study that shows another side to him as an actor -- this time opposite Emily Watson.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 23, 2023

'God's Creatures' isn't an easy watch, and it's disturbing and unsettling to such a point that it doesn't make for repeat viewings. You come away from it weather-beaten, storm-swept, but it's the two lead performances that stay with you long after.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2023

God’s Creatures has all the hallmarks of a cult classic where the directness of the story-telling cuts through like a blade.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 20, 2023