Kyle Logan Castle of Chills Jul 11, 2024

More than the surprising and sometimes absurd comedy, the discussions and genuine explorations of faith are what make Agnes different.

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Nuha Hassan The UnderSCENE Jul 20, 2023

Reece ambitiously flips the movie into a heart-bending moment that focuses on the life of Mary, the one who needs special care from her superiors.

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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Aug 16, 2022 2/5

While the movie tries to be clever with its dramatic shift in tone and completely new direction, it ends up feeling like two different films connected by the barest of threads. Even worse, neither story gets any kind of satisfying ending.

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Jade Budowski Decider Apr 9, 2022

Agnes, for all its quirkiness, is memorable as hell, delivering something truly unique and surprisingly poignant.

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Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn Feb 12, 2022 B

Looking past what the film is trying to be and more analyzing what the film ends up being, it is safe to say that the positives of Agnes definitely outweigh the negatives of the feature.

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Christopher Cross Tilt Magazine Feb 12, 2022 4/5

Reece pulls out all the stops to create a wholly unique experience that subverts some of the usual suspects that frequent religious horror.

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Brianna Zigler The Film Stage Feb 8, 2022 B+

Through its subversion of genre, precision blending of tones, and compelling performances that flit between idiosyncratic and naturalistic, Agnes is a welcome addition to the exorcism subgenre.

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Kevin A. Ranson MovieCrypt.com Jan 3, 2022 0/4

... boring, silly, blasphemous, bloody... as long as it seems random or wrong. Too tame to be considered "nunsploitation" yet too silly to be thought of as subvert, Agnes wastes its cast likes it wastes our time.

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David Bax Battleship Pretension Dec 31, 2021

...you will cherish the meditative, unexpected detours Reece's engrossing film takes.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Dec 17, 2021 B

The filmmakers create an immersive atmosphere, and keep us intrigued throughout. Best of all, they give us an exorcism story that we truly have not seen before.

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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle Dec 12, 2021

A strange and beautiful tale of sex, religion, and dysfunction at the Carmelite convent of Santa Teresa.

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Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue Dec 11, 2021

While confronting some provocative themes, the film lacks the dexterity to effectively juggle elements of broad comedy, gory horror, and introspective drama.

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Yolanda Machado TheWrap Dec 11, 2021

A choppy, muddled mess of a movie that has its own identity crisis of what it wants to be or to show.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media Dec 11, 2021 3/5

Despite having elements of a typical exorcism movie, this isn't a horror tale as much as it is a comedy with jokes in the most unusual spots and a meditation on faith and what forms it takes.

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David Ehrlich IndieWire Dec 11, 2021 B

For all of its ruffled habits and bleeding eyes, Agnes is far sadder than it is scary (quite, versus not at all), and often sillier than it is sad.

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Debopriyaa Dutta Screen Rant Dec 11, 2021 3/5

Unpredictability is Agnes' greatest strength; its genre-hybridity lends a mixed bag of emotions, ultimately emerging as a raw tale about loss.

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Murjani Rawls Substream Magazine Dec 10, 2021

'Agnes' will certainly surprise you. It presents itself as rib on exorcism movies that have come before it. Then it ventures into a thoughtful excavation of faith and what to do when you lose it.

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Chris Knight National Post Dec 10, 2021 2.5/5

The result is unlikely to please most viewers.

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Sheila O'Malley RogerEbert.com Dec 10, 2021 3/4

Reece shows an intuitive understanding of when to move the camera, and -- more importantly -- when not to move the camera. It's all very elegantly put together.

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Thom Ernst Original Cin Dec 9, 2021 A

Disturbing, occasionally violent, Agnes is a genre breaker that veers into unanticipated areas of drama, some of it absurd. The horror is more aligned with mood and atmosphere than shock and gore, like Ken Russell's The Devils.

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