theplaylist.net January 30, 2020 Ambitious, but muddled, but also featuring a stellar performance from Alison Brie.
Rolling Stone February 7, 2020 The way Brie shows you Sarah slowly slipping out of reality-then steeply sliding further down a snake pit of instability-gives you the sense that s...
Little White Lies February 6, 2020 An empathetic depiction of mental illness, but the film fails to clear the hurdle it sets itself.
indieWire January 29, 2020 There are indications that "Horse Girl" and its creators have something to say about the sorry state of mental health care in this country… bu...
A rare and piercingly compassionate exploration of the sorts of madness that come from intense loneliness, and the intense loneliness that comes fr...
A fine-tuned performance sells an unusual look at mental illness.
Chicago Sun-Times February 11, 2020 Brie’s performance is open and honest and disturbing and funny and lovely and resonant.
ReelViews February 9, 2020 I found the experience of watching Horse Girl to be more of a chore than a pleasure.
The Guardian February 7, 2020 The ambition of Horse Girl ultimately gets the better of it, turning what could be a dark but insightful depiction on signs missed in a mental...
New York Times February 6, 2020 "Horse Girl" delves into a troubled mind only to get lost among its oddities, forgetting the sensitivity that drew it there in the first...
Los Angeles Times February 10, 2020 Ostensibly, this is a tragedy about mental illness… But "Horse Girl" is far more subversive and playful than just that, allowing for Sara...
It’s a little bit of a thriller, a little bit of a drama, a little bit of a comedy, a little bit of a romance – and...
film.avclub.com February 5, 2020 Horse Girl’s big weakness is that it can’t decide how much ambiguity to provide its central character, or how seriously it wants to pre...
Chicago Reader February 24, 2020 Brie’s performance is powerful and the film’s editing does a superb job of mixing Sarah’s obscured perception with reality...
A shaky dramatic enterprise. Nevertheless, this story of Sarah (a distinguished performance by Alison Brie) -- a seemingly normal young woman...
Financial Times February 12, 2020 Brie is rawly convincing as a troubled woman for whom the sides of reality have become too slippery, transformed into the heroine of a pr...
RogerEbert.com January 31, 2020 The sincerity that Brie brings to her full-fledged embodiment of mental illness is major, and in turn helps Horse Girl overcome its tricky storytel...
TV Guide February 5, 2020 I’m here to remind you to never judge a book or a streaming platform’s next big title by its cover; Horse Girl is absolutely terri...
