"[W]hat is unquestionably the performance of Benedict Cumberbatch’s career, alongside a handsome and engrossing film of sprawling Western vistas contrasted with the simmering tension of its characters’ inner lives."
★★★★★ Tori Brazier, The Metro

"It’s a brawny, brooding drama about the wreckage caused by men, beautifully framed in muted neutral tones as the camera circles the ranch-house with a deliberate, stealthy tread."
★★★★ Xan Brooks, The Guardian

"Of course, at this time of year, the question of who and what deserves prizes is bound to crop up. Luckily, that one’s easy to settle. I can’t get Phil’s startled eyes out of my head. As vulnerable villains go, he’s up there with Peter Lorre’s Hans Beckert and Orson Welles’ Harry Lime."
★★★★ Charlotte O'Sullivan, Evening Standard