"Annihilation is a thing of immense beauty and intoxicating complexity."
— Kristen Lopez, Culturess
"Alex Garland’s Annihilation is a bracing blend of cerebral sci-fi and grindhouse terror."
— Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times
"It’s a beautiful and haunting film, and another examination of what makes us human from Garland."
— Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
"The result is daringly original and frequently beautiful, a shimmering treat from a singular intelligence."
— Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"A beautiful, riveting sci-fi mystery that annihilates any notion of what a big-budget studio thriller can be."
— Adam Graham, Detroit News
"It’s one of the most arresting, affecting science fiction movies of the last few years. It’s ambitious and haunting."
— Clint Worthington, Consequence
"Drawing on mythology and body horror, Annihilation is an intelligent film that asks big questions and refuses to provide easy answers. Sci-fi at its best."
— Jonathan Pile, Empire
"At once a gripping jungle survival thriller and an alluring sci-fi puzzle, Garland’s heady gambit confirms he’s one of the genre’s best working filmmakers."
— Eric Kohn, IndieWire
"It’s the kind of film that leaves you dazzled and a little shell-shocked — and not entirely sure whether your own moviegoing DNA hasn’t been altered a little in the process."
— Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly
"Absorbing and hypnotic, Annihilation is the best kind of sci-fi film - the kind that challenges and subverts the genre, all the while introducing new ideas that you'll see in films to come."
— Wenlei Ma, News.com.au
"Annihilation is mesmerizing and its awe-inspiring conclusion will leave your mind blown and splattered against the wall. In its final, surreal biopsychological moments the movie goes to an astonishing interstellar gear."
— Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist