You Won’t Be Alone (2022)
84%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 2 nominations
Although it may strike some as too artsy for its own good, You Won’t Be Alone puts a thoughtfully fresh spin on familiar horror tropes.
If you’re looking for a horror movie that’s both creepy and poetic, then You Won’t Be Alone is the perfect pick. It’s like The Witch meets Terrence Malick, with a fierce new genre talent at the helm. And don’t worry, you won’t be alone in your fear – this movie will have you jumping out of your seat and clutching your popcorn.
Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions,
Distributor
Focus Features
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence and gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, and sexual assault
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.44 : 1
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Runtime:1h 49m
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Language(s):Macedonian
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Country of origin:Australia
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2022 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2022
Genre(s)
Horror/Drama
Keyword(s)
You Won’t Be Alone, horror, drama, Macedonian, Goran Stolevski, Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, R, Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, Sara Klimoska, violence, gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, sexual assault, witch, ancient spirit, isolated mountain village, curiosity, human, transformation, peasant, Focus Features, $234.9K, reviewed by Becca James, Katie Walsh, Jake Coyle, Tomris Laffly, Adam Graham, Sara Michelle Fetters, Ema Sasic, Harris Dang, Linda Cook, Thomas Stoneham-Judge, Filipe Freitas, Always Good Movies, horror movies, RT Podcasts, MCU movies, Netflix series, renewed TV shows, cancelled TV shows, TV premiere dates, worst horror movies, produced by Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, directed by Goran Stolevski, written by Goran Stolevski, starring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, Sara Klimoska
Worldwide gross: $264,055
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $264,055
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,879
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 28,796
US/Canada gross: $264,055
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $264,055
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,488
US/Canada opening weekend: $124,750
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $124,750
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,854
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Anamaria Marinca – Maria
Alice Englert – Biliana
Carloto Cotta – Boris
Félix Maritaud – Yovan
Sara Klimoska – Nevena
Director(s)
Goran Stolevski
Writer(s)
Goran Stolevski
Producer(s)
Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings
Film Festivals
Sundance, Cannes
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 2 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (114) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (106) | Rotten (8)
The scary story uses succinct dialogue, a serene setting, and a striking score to create a poetic take on life, death, and the in-between.
April 9, 2022
Becca James
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
It is startling, and sometimes disturbing, but hits a place that is intensely human–bittersweet and bloody and beautiful at once, and unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
April 8, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Katie Walsh
Tribune News Service
TOP CRITIC
You Won’t Be Alone enchants in its novel perspective and in its sharp-shifting protagonist’s unquenchable curiosity. The witch, once so set in stereotype, has never felt so enthrallingly elastic.
April 4, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Jake Coyle
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
You Wont Be Alone announces the arrival of a fierce new genre talent, an inventive stylist and an unapologetic interrogator of mankind with something worthwhile to say.
April 1, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
Tomris Laffly
RogerEbert.com
TOP CRITIC
Part gothic folk tale and part lyrical meditation on the beauty of nature, “You Won’t Be Alone” is like “The Witch” by way of Terrence Malick.
April 1, 2022 | Rating: B+
Adam Graham
Detroit News
TOP CRITIC
Stolevski fearlessly treads his own path into the woods, making the graceful tragic majesty of You Wont Be Alone difficult to resist and, more importantly, even harder to forget.
April 1, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Stolevski’s “You Won’t Be Alone” comes alive in the third act, but it takes quite a while to get there, and it becomes a bit repetitive as Nevena goes on her journey.
June 27, 2022 | Rating: 7/10
Ema Sasic
Next Best Picture
You Won’t Be Alone is a surprisingly humanistic and poetic horror experience that will delight those who are expecting something different from the genre.
June 5, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Harris Dang
The AU Review
‘You Won’t be Alone’ is creepy, thoughtful folk horror.
May 22, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Linda Cook
OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)
‘You Won’t Be Alone’ indeed offers a cinematic storytelling experience unlike anything audiences will encounter this year in film.
May 12, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Thomas Stoneham-Judge
ForReel Movie News And Reviews
The fascinating You Won’t Be Alone grabbed me and didn’t let go until the very last minute. It’s absorbing, enigmatic and satisfying in ways that are out of the ordinary.
May 8, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Filipe Freitas
Always Good Movies
It’s an amazingly mature piece of work. If you’re at all drawn to folk horror, or just hoping to discover fresh and heartening talent in filmmaking, you should see it.
April 28, 2022
Eileen Jones
The Jacobin…
Plot
Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, You Won’t Be Alone follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Noomi Rapace stars as Bosilka in You Won’t Be Alone, a horror/drama film set in 19th century Macedonia.
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