Hatching

"Solalinna’s complex and often heartbreaking performance ties it all together, even as the narrative loses some focus in the back half."

"A highly original coming-of-age thriller..."

"Bergholm is skilled at keeping the tension high while finding amusing pockets of pure comedy..."

"Elevated by newcomer Siiri Solalinna's fearless performance, Hanna Bergholm's debut feature puts an original spin on a familiar doppelgänger premise."

"A bold, arresting feature debut..."

"Hatching is the very essence of a midnight movie and one that will undoubtedly find a sizeable cult following."

"Hatching may not be a groundbreaking horror film, but it certainly is a compelling one that gives wing to new metaphors."

"An endearingly grotesque horror-comedy about the messiness of parenting."

"Hatching might seem like an obvious metaphor, but its ingenious artistry keeps it thoroughly horrifying throughout its lean 86 minutes."

"An unsettling and surprisingly humorous foray into body horror and learned behaviour."

"Scrambling creature feature with psycho-horror, this inventive oddity brings tween anxieties to monstrous life."

"An assured and promising debut for Bergholm..."

"With delightful practical effects, and a spectacular child performance at its centre... Hatching works despite itself. It often struggles to be scary or intense, but never loses its emotional core."

"Hatching never really congeals into something thats as unsettling as it is gross."

"Hatching is bigger than its ideas, and uncanny and unsettling in unconscious ways."

"Completely creepy, but also surprisingly sweet and observant about what it's like to be a 12-year-old girl."

"Director Hanna Bergholm is sensitive to the ways parents fulfil their thwarted dreams through their children and Tinja's anxiety radiates from the screen."