A perfectly icy thriller.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2024

It’s an original story, which is rare, that is different, and you find an appreciation will build as the quarantined days melt together.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2022

It doesn’t all flesh out perfectly but the twists keep you guessing and the film really sticks its finish.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2022

it’s impossible to shake the feeling that with more time to explore this place and these characters, this could have been something quite special. Instead, it’s merely well-done.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | May 13, 2022

Cole and Krudy make the best Coens riff I've seen in years.

Full Review | Mar 11, 2022

Blow the Man Down is not necessarily a life-altering story. Still, it is a pleasing, incredibly entertaining modern noir.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Feb 11, 2022

Aided by a great cast that includes Margot Martindale and June Squibb, and atmospheric sea shanties, co-writers/directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy spin a twisty, clever women-centric mystery thriller.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2021

Writer-directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy's debut film Blow the Man Down is a riveting, suspenseful, and beautifully acted women-centered drama.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2021

What a pleasure to see actors like June Squibb, Margo Martindale, and Annette O'Toole in roles that usually go to men, complex, wily, and tough.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2021

Their roughly 90-minute-film feels both personal - they say the characters 'were inspired by our moms, aunts, grandmothers and matriarchs' in their lives - and a bit unpolished.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 28, 2021

A tightening of the screws would have helped this thriller immensely. But Cole and Krudy are after something a little different here than just two sister and one downward spiral.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 7, 2021

It's normally not a great sign when the lead characters are less compelling than anything around them, but the Connollys' predicament opens up the weird bits of village mythology and feminine conspiracy that secretly drives the film forward.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2021

The performances are solid, the writing sublime, the cinematography rich - come for the murder, stay for the drah-ma.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2021

Blow the Man Down is a mystery-thriller with a quiet case of genre-confusion. It is a dark comedy at times, a family drama at others and a satirical mystery in its finest moments.

Full Review | Jan 28, 2021

[A] murder movie with momentum...

Full Review | Dec 30, 2020

The movie benefits greatly from its location shooting, the veteran cast that includes Margo Martindale, Annette O'Toole and June Squibb and tight construction.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Nov 27, 2020

It's a clever movie whose characterful and low-key suspense pleasures are like the screen equivalent of a new book by Kate Atkinson or Louise Penny.

Full Review | Oct 14, 2020

Blow the Man Down is swift but not choppy, with Martindale silencing people merely by appearing in doorways

Full Review | Sep 16, 2020

Blow the Man Down is a rather unique beast of a film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Aug 30, 2020

The movie feels like a slow-motion skid on thin ice, as an atmosphere of dread slowly envelops the characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 24, 2020