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A.O. Scott, New York Times: It is, by conventional standards, a fairly terrible movie ... but it is also weirdly fascinating, a ready-made Eurotrash cult object. It is also, at times, curiously moving. Read more
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: It's a demented kitsch mess (although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative), but it's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Scarlet Diva has a voyeuristic tug, but all in all it's a lot less sensational than it wants to be. Read more
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly: This is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it's hard to know what to praise first. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives, hard-driving narcissism is a given, but what a world we'd live in if Argento's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve. Read more