Watcher

"An old-fashioned thriller with a modern heartbeat, an announcement of Okuno as a major talent to watch."

"(A) taut, unflinching, relentlessly sharp first feature."

"The differences between how men and women perceive threats are always forefront in Okuno’s narrative..."

"Watcher fails to live up to its inspirations, ending up a heavy-handed, predictable trip through genre tropes with a rather lifeless cast at its core."

"A stylish and atmospheric thriller..."

"Julia mostly comes off as a beautiful cipher and an increasingly maddening protagonist to root for, seemingly both paranoid and obtuse."

"Watcher is a slow burn, but like its leading lady, it’s restrained and elegant."

"Watcher gives a feminist twist to a throwback genre, but never does its topicality dilute its gripping suspense."

"For a first feature, Watcher is skillfully and economically realised, making the most out of very little..."

"Given the recycled archetypes and often predictable plotting, it takes quite some skill... to preserve a sense of eeriness."