52
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe Last Thing Mary Saw is so effective as a vehicle for performances, atmosphere, and period detail, and so convincing an examination of suffering under the boot-heel of a cult, that one may wish that it added up to more.
- 60IGNKristy PuchkoIGNKristy PuchkoThe Last Thing Mary Saw is an intriguing and atmospheric but uneven horror offering, with a disappointingly lackluster romance at its center.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyVitaletti’s storytelling, and ability to drum up tension or scares, is less potent here than his attention to evoking a general climate of close-minded religious hypocrisy.
- 60Paste MagazineMatt DonatoPaste MagazineMatt DonatoWhere The Witch unleashes disturbed cinematography or Lizzie swings a vicious ax, The Last Thing Mary Saw is a duller distillation of the fear-based corruption that faith can spread.
- 60The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeThe trouble with the film is that beneath the surface lurks … well, perhaps not quite enough to keep the momentum going.
- 50The New York TimesLena WilsonThe New York TimesLena WilsonThe Last Thing Mary Saw is as surprising as it is frustrating.
- 40Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaScreen RantDebopriyaa DuttaThe Last Thing Mary Saw could've been a gripping queer horror about religious oppression, but is sadly limited by its humdrum and unconvincing plot.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreVitaletti has good players all dressed up in period garb, but gives them no place to go.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film comes to feel like a parody of a possession flick rather than a straightforward replication of the genre’s tropes.