Everly 2014

Sara Stewart, New York Post: Why, Salma Hayek? Why? Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: A smorgasbord of pornography masquerading as violence, Everly is so repugnant and pointless there were times when I wanted to call for help. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Salma Hayek plays a sex slave turned killer in this stylish but lumbering actioner. Read more

Vadim Rizov, AV Club: There's the pervasive feeling that this is a prefab cult film that doesn't need to try too hard, instead offering cosmetic variations from a very limited playbook of gestures meant to provoke Pavlovian cries of "Awesome!" Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: Nothing more than a pointless exercise in brutal, nasty style. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: [Director Joe Lynch] stages the action cleanly and kinetically. And Hayek delivers a fully committed performance, handling the role's intense physical demands with commanding authority. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Feels precision-engineered for a morally torn fanboy who likes the idea of female empowerment but needs it served with a heavy dose of torture porn and glistening flesh. Read more

Amy Nicholson, L.A. Weekly: Everly has the heaving, bloody bosoms of an exploitation flick, yet Hayek gives the character powerful dignity. She's no victim, nor an off-the-shelf "strong woman." Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: What on earth is Salma Hayek doing starring in this exploitative, junky piece of torture trash? Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: The film's brutality - which includes not only the murder of a dog but also a fetishization of torture that borders on porn - is so excessive, even if tongue-in-cheek, that it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Read more