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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayBy sticking closely to a heroine who's skating on the edge of sanity, the film keeps the audience properly disoriented. Darkness runs deep in "The Lullaby," rooted in the never-ending conflict between mothers and daughters.
- 60Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyVillage VoiceCraig D. LindseyThe filmmakers do an effective job at making a clever horror show out of postpartum depression. So it’s a shame the movie goes off the deep end in the final act, as the story literally comes to a bloody, tragic finish.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe director does an excellent job of setting a properly ominous mood, effectively delivering a procession of jump scares that succeed in keeping viewers on edge. Unfortunately, the screenplay by Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo proves less effective, failing to deepen the characterizations or situations in sufficiently interesting fashion.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreDirector Darrell Roodt does nothing to build suspense and little to build empathy for the character.