“Eleanor Catton's script excellently draws out the darker realities of this gilded cage, with its brutally strict social hierarchies - while a recurrent flock of red-hooded seminary girls flag up the true position of women in this claustrophobic patriarchy.”
★★★★
- Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro

“It's ... a decadent, fondant-swaddled delight.”
★★★★
- Clarisse Loughrey, Independent

“This new version... whisks us back to basics. But it is done with such vigour, wit and charm that I defy anyone to roll their eyes at yet another music recital or formal dance overflowing with social nuance.”
★★★★
- Brian Viner, Daily Mail

“Emma, with all her preening, gossipy self-love, is somehow the perfect Instagram-age heroine. Her actions in this adaptation and with Taylor-Joy's characterisation are not those of a giddy romantic obsessive, but of an unapologetic, empowered woman.”
★★★★
- Kevin Maher, The Times