Joseph Lynch

The OA achieves a staggering level of emotional honesty. You can feel that it was made with a pure heart and an entirely unconstrained artistic vision - and because of this - despite it's flaws and oddness, you can't really fault it. Say good-bye to predictable structure and genre - and say hello to symbolism and devastating vulnerability. Batmanglij and Marling have produced a work of mature, complex, feminine energy that asks the question: what coping mechanisms do we employ to survive in the face of isolation, apathy and cruelty?