Hadzihalilovic succeeds brilliantly at crafting a meaningful enigma that somehow grasps the essence of adolescence, but only grows more mysterious with each revelation.
100
New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
One of the oddest, most perplexing -- and delightful -- films to come along this year. And last year, too.
90
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Innocence is not merely the year's best first film, but one of the great statements on the politics of being 'tween.
This is the weirdest film I've seen all year, or at least the weirdest good film. It's also among the most powerful.
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A visually lush and eerily enigmatic parable of female sexuality, Lucile Hadzihalilovic's ominous fairy tale raises questions you'll be wondering about for days.
70
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Sustains a pervasive feeling of anxiety and suspense, despite an absence of dramatic conflict or resolution.
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The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The Oxford English Dictionary says that an allegory is "an extended or continued metaphor." And to think that this definition was coined when a French film called Innocence was still very far in the future! But how aptly this film proves the point.