Her Private Hell

"It’s as sensory, and sensual, as movies get."

— Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle

"A kaleidoscopic neon nightmare that sees Sophie Thatcher in a deserved leading role."

— Bethany Lola, Loud and Clear Reviews

"Like every Refn movie, it is undeniably profound, deeply beautiful and perhaps deceptively deep."

— Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service

"Those already devoted to Refn and proponents of 'style is substance' will find much to adore here."

— Kyle Logan, Chicago Reader

"Her Private Hell is an intoxicating collision of fairy tale, Greek tragedy, and sadomasochistic fever dream."

— Dan Tabor, Cinapse

"More than the bursts of visceral violence, it’s Refn’s vibrant command of visuals that proves most exhilarating."

— Chase Hutchinson, TheWrap

"We finally have a modern giallo film worthy of the genre’s legacy. Refn nails what is easily his most challenging film yet!"

— EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth

"Her Private Hell is either for you or it isn’t and you’re either for it or you aren’t. Either way, this is a film that demands you pick a side."

— Damon Wise, Deadline Hollywood Daily

"A glittering disco death-dream... sweet excess for cinematic somnambulists--to sleep is to dream is to Slow Cinema masterpiece, baby."

— Jason Adams, Pajiba

"Think of it as a sensual and sinister reverie of daddy issues, serial killers, and set and costume design, and prepare to be equally dazzled and driven mad."

— Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

"Fans of Nicolas Winding Refn will probably find plenty to admire in its neon-soaked imagery, operatic score, strange violence, and refusal to explain itself."

— Roberto Tyler Ortiz, Geek Vibes Nation

"It might not convince anyone to become a new NWR fan, but as someone who's been following his particular cinematic expressiveness for a while now, I was dazzled."

— Matthew Jackson, Pop Heist

"As Her Private Hell unloads on audiences, it's Refn at his most intoxicating and elusive; one size fits Refn, and he doesn't care if you're along for the ride or gone in sixty seconds."

— Matt Donato, IGN Movies

"Her Private Hell takes some work, but it’s the type of demanding viewing that pays to the benefit of willing viewers... One of the rare works that infuses the visceral excitement of pulp with the sanctity of high art."

— Hugo Emmerzael, In Review Online

"'Her Private Hell' is one of Refn's most enjoyable films, another example of his talent for creating breathtakingly beautiful scenes and hypnotic experiences that allow you to escape the world for a couple of hours."

— Juan Luis Caviaro, Espinof

"There’s still something intoxicatingly emotional, and uniquely Refn, about the film, possessed as it is of a sublime tenderness that’s willfully, and perversely, obscured under colorful mounds of glamour and grime."

— Keith Uhlich, Slant Magazine

"Beautifully composed – Jane Marshall Whittaker's costumes and Louise Bruun's makeup are Oscar-worthy – with a heady story, this is a movie that grips you with its incomprehensibility. It's a movie worth deconstructing, loving, and remembering."

— Kristen Lopez, The Film Maven