A vivid and lavish feast for the eyes, A Bigger Splash takes an assemblage of indescribably talented actors and puts them in a pressure cooker of sex and vice.

Full Review | Aug 1, 2023

Guadagnino leaves us with much to consider, and even more to appreciate in the artful quality of his filmmaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 11, 2022

Positively drenched in thick, tasty Euro-ambiance, the film serves up tantalizing characters and even more tantalizing ideas before turning shockingly tame, predictable and, well, American during the second half.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 18, 2021

Guadagnino's camera is on fire, whirling around panoramically 360 degrees to take in every bit of this breathtaking space... this movie is one gorgeous ejaculation after another

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 2, 2021

Ralph Fiennes shines in this scorching and deceptive drama.

Full Review | Jun 8, 2021

His film seems obsessed with gorgeous, complacent beings plotting against one another while dining on succulent dishes in a magnificent villa.

Full Review | Feb 26, 2021

This is absurd.

Full Review | May 1, 2020

The performances are great, it looks great, the clothes are great. Sometimes that's enough for me.

Full Review | May 1, 2020

A Bigger Splash is not a bad film, per se, it just never lives up to the early promise of its crackerjack cast

Full Review | Jan 14, 2020

It is a well crafted film that could have been a little shorter, but there are nuggets of brilliance in the acting.

Full Review | Oct 21, 2019

Despite its density and complexity, Guadagnino manages to maintain the film's balance most of the time. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 24, 2019

Despite its many fun moments and good direction from Guadagnino, A Bigger Splash is too uneven and lightweight to truly impress.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2019

[Luca Guadagnino's] cathartic visual style seems to fluctuate too loosely between complimenting his script's character nuances and shameless superficiality.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 7, 2019

It slowly builds from a languid romance into a psychological thriller that is both compelling and unnerving.

Full Review | Aug 26, 2018

It's Fiennes,... that proverbially steals the show. Once again showing the kind of indispensible range of a master, the actor portrays Harry as a raging bull of spark, insecurity, charm and manic depression.

Full Review | Aug 23, 2018

A simmering visual experience that never lets the characters or the viewer relax into the paradise so vividly shown on screen.

Full Review | Aug 23, 2018

"A Bigger Splash" is gorgeously shot, taking pure advantage of its location to embody the story it wants to tell...However, the final 20 minutes change the film and not for the better.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2018

If you want to enjoy a location being used properly - and alluringly - let me suggest A Bigger Splash... this remake of a 1969 French thriller offers the brand of grown-up entertainment that has all but vanished from our theaters.

Full Review | May 17, 2018

An intriguing, slow burn watch that requires patience but rewards it too.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 30, 2018

Artistic, unusual and deeply affecting. But, despite the quality of the film's direction, writing, casting and brilliant cinematography, it feels theatrical and deliberately artificial.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 3, 2017