Synopsis
When Krisha returns to her estranged family for Thanksgiving dinner, past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.
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Cast
- Krisha FairchildKrisha
- Alex DobrenkoAlex
- Robyn FairchildRobyn
- Chris DoubekDavid
- Victoria FairchildVicki
- Bryan CasserlyLogan
- Chase JolietChase
- Atheena FrizzellAtheena
- Augustine FrizzellAugustine
- Olivia Grace ApplegateOlivia
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The Playlist
A stunner of a directorial debut. - 100
Wall Street Journal
What you call Mr. Shults’s first film is spectacular. - 91
The A.V. Club
At just 82 minutes, Krisha wouldn’t have hurt for a little more meat on its bones; the last act blows through a shitstorm of confrontation almost too abruptly. - 90
Variety
Shults’s approach craftily favors observation over exposition, and he proves as attentive to Krisha’s surroundings as he is to her inner life. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Krisha Fairchild’s lead performance starts off as riveting and grows ever more compelling as the brilliantly off-center story unwinds. - 83
IndieWire
Krisha snaps into focus whenever Shults' camera remains trained on his extraordinary lead, whose fierce commitment easily recalls a similar portrait of middle-aged alcoholism in "A Woman Under the Influence" — and, at under 90 minutes, matches its intensity in half the time. - 80
Screen Daily
Even when the filmmaking falters, Krisha Fairchild’s unsettlingly intense lead performance dominates the movie, leaving us feeling as captive as the character’s wary kin. - 80
The Guardian
It is a bravura debut from a young film-maker, proving that one can still make a movie for no money at a family member’s house and come away with a work of art, not just a calling card.