Fresh (2022)

"(A) sly and gory thriller..."

"If Fresh stumbles on the way to its own finish line, it's still a hell of a way to launch a career."

"Sick but satisfying..."

"It may not work as social commentary horror, but Mimi Cave's feature debut is still an over-the-top delight for anyone willing to roll with its surprisingly dark punches."

"More familiar and tonally uneven than its title implies."

"Daisy Edgar-Jones is better than ever..."

"Fresh attempts to find a middle ground between relationship satire and gross-out horror, becoming a bloody disappointment in the process."

"Cave has a smart, stylish way of storytelling that somehow makes a film built on bone saws and grotesqueries feel almost breezy."

"​Like its handsome male protagonist, Steve (Sebastian Stan), t​his​ smart and taboo-defying social ​​horror draws you in before abruptly baring its teeth."

"(Fresh) benefits immensely from the twisted chemistry of its leads, Cave's confidence behind the camera, and the spiky script devised by Lauryn Kahn."

"In a story about control, domination, and consumption, director Mimi Cave offers up an exciting new twist on a familiar story."

"Fresh is pitched as a kind of genre corrective, except its tone-deaf cheekiness only results in a feeling of dreary regression."

"Fresh is sleek and nimble, a worthy new entry into the feminist revenge thriller genre."

"Guilty pleasures rarely come more deviant..."

"Cave creates an atmosphere in which — if you can stomach it — viewers will swallow just about anything that happens."