Fresh
From the not-so-happy birthday that opens the film ... up to the harrowing final revelation, Miss Violence fulfils the grisly promise of its title.
Alex Dudok de Wit, Time Out
Overview
On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep insisting that it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? Why does her family persist in trying to "forget" her and to move on with its life?
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Fresh
Avranas's opening employs the rigorous aesthetic that dominates the work of his Greek compatriots, signifying that the characters live in a realm of cultivated artifice.
Zachary Wigon, Village Voice
Fresh
A precision-tooled portrait of a hermetically closed family unit.
Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Committed tone and immaculate craft should ensure ample fest exposure for the pic's predictable perversions.
Guy Lodge, Variety
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