Tiger Stripes
critic Reviews
, 97% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A clever and stylish riff on the body horror that is puberty, Tiger Stripes is an exuberant allegory for personal agency as well as an impressive debut for writer-director Amanda Nell Eu.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMonica CastilloRogerEbert.com
Amanda Nell Eu’s feature debut is a lively coming-of-age story that mixes the mundane and the supernatural with ease.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlissa WilkinsonNew York Times
Eu smartly weaves that universality together with local myths and legends, and the result is a little eerie and unsettling, a film about dark things we’re afraid to speak about.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
The message is not always clear, but it’s an entertaining ride.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanny LeighFinancial Times
Eu smartly keeps a distance between the two sides of the story, before drawing them together in mystery and violence.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlissa SimonVariety
From the exuberant credits and opening sequence through to the end, “Tiger Stripes” is the work of a confident new talent whose next work will be eagerly awaited.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood Reporter
The drama of girlhood is familiar cinematic territory, and though it might garner a smaller audience than Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret or You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Tiger Stripes is a welcome addition to the pack.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKyle LoganScreenAnarchy
Tiger Stripes may not have a very original premise, but it delivers a beautiful and incisive story of the monstrous feminine that can stand alongside the great films that came before, and deserves to be just as celebrated.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSharai BohannonDread Central
‘Tiger Stripes’ is the kind of film many of us would have loved to have as we were hitting puberty...It effectively captures the horrors of puberty alongside the awkward and uncomfortable moments that still haunt most of us.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCarla MonfortEspinof
Tiger Stripes is one of the best coming-of-age films released in 2024, and it is refreshing how it uses fantasy to address concerns about transitioning into adolescence. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKevin WightThe Wee Review
In a narrative that sees a collision between tradition and modernity, repression and expression, and childhood and adolescence, it also struggles itself between highbrow and B-movie tendencies.
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