“The film’s heart, belongs to Jacob Elordi’s creature. Towering, tender, and faintly bewildered, he carries the ache of every Del Toro outsider. ”

“At Adelaide Film Festival, programmed cheekily as the “party movie,” it played like a barometer: audiences stepped into the afterparty with awe still clinging to their faces, deciding in real time whether to dance through the unease or let it sit.”

“Aubrey Plaza and Coppola's Zoom audition is worth the price of admission alone.”