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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianLuke BuckmasterThe GuardianLuke BuckmasterPerhaps the ultimate value of Nitram has nothing to do with its qualities as an intensely disquieting tone poem – though on that level the film is brilliant, marking another extraordinary achievement from Kurzel, who has a penchant for evoking gut-sinking emotional atmosphere.
- 90VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangIn its quiet respect for the victims’ dignity, its uniformly outstanding performances and in apportioning responsibility only to those who shirked their responsibilities, and deploying a grief-struck compassion toward everyone else, Nitram may come to be recognized as one of the finest exemplars yet of the mass-shooting movie — inasmuch as we can stomach having an entire genre built around the phenomenon.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawNitram is a hypnotically disquieting movie.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyNitram is an uncommonly tough, taxing film with an aftershock that’s hard to shake.
- 80TheWrapBen CrollTheWrapBen CrollThe implications — ethical and otherwise — that the film raises are too vast to be papered over with a closing plea for tighter gun control. The sentiment is fair and true and absolutely valid. But delivered as sober end titles at the end of “Nitram,” one can’t help but notice a certain irony in such small white letters barely hiding a much darker abyss.
- 80CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleKurzel is a master at building tension of a tragedy foretold.
- 75The PlaylistCaroline TsaiThe PlaylistCaroline TsaiThere’s no doubt that Nitram is a powerful display of filmmaking. But the question remains: Whom is it for?
- 75The Film StageDavid KatzThe Film StageDavid KatzNitram here pulls off the delicate eye of the needle: it has compassion for Nitram’s circumstances without providing an alibi for his actions.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAlthough Nitram is a thoughtful exploration of mental illness, highlighted by a strong cast, Kurzel can’t fully transcend what is familiar about this handwringing portrait of a ticking time bomb set to go off.