Alpha

"Ducournau is a filmmaker who challenges audiences unlike any other."

— George Bate, Under the Radar

"It shows us Ducournau is interested in more than sensationalism. And much like Raw and Titane, Alpha is a film of profound empathy."

— Brian Eggert, Deep Focus Review

"This French body-horror drama quietly conjures an atmosphere of dread and anxiety, rooted in virus paranoia and substance addiction."

— Tom Cassidy, Common Sense Media

"Wherever place in her heart ALPHA traveled from, it’s enough to know Ducournau’s tenderness can be more compelling than gory infliction."

— Anna Hoang, Boston Hassle

"Softer and gentler than either of its forbears, 'Alpha' hums with a dreamlike unease, a movie less concerned with sensation than with genuine feeling."

— Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

"Though elements of body horror seen in 'Titane' and 'Raw' are still very much present, the new film better qualifies as a ghost story and a coming-of-age tale set in the Twilight Zone."

— Martin Tsai, Critic's Notebook

"As 'Alpha' reaches its stylish, dreamlike ending, she hits upon an absorbing final image that suggests the collective sorrow and emotional devastation our recent plague years have wrought."

— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times

"The resulting aura of fear and impending doom gives Ducournau a fraught crucible within which to examine issues of prejudice, paranoia and racism in a society being torn from its moorings."

— Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk

"Alpha is a story that braids themes of love, heartbreak, and grief with delicate dedication, leaving you in awe of not only Ducournau's storytelling prowess but the vast scope of potential that's possible with her craft."

— Therese Lacson, Collider

"Ducournau maintains her status as a difficult and thorny visionary, one who teaches us that generational trauma is a cycle that cannot be broken until the underlying grief has been acknowledged and processed."

— Mark Keize, MovieWeb

"Alpha is an inherently vulnerable film, no gross-out moments or big body horror showstoppers for us – or Ducournau – to hide behind. Alpha is as thorny as her previous two features, but there's something lonely and longing here too."

— Hannah Strong, Little White Lies

"Alpha is a body-beauty-horror-coming-of-age-accepting-loss film (seriously, so many ways to look at this film, all of them valid, and all of them blending in a mostly seamless tapestry that shows just how much love is possible in the world."

— Shelagh Rowan-Legg, ScreenAnarchy

"A coming-of-age story wrapped in a virus thriller, with a sleek layer of sci-fi woven into its DNA. Especially by use of an alternate-reality setting. The virus itself feels eerily familiar, though it’s presented in a strikingly new form."

— Karina Adelgaard, Heaven of Horror