Saltburn
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Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
What critics thought
Emerald Fennell's class-war provocation lands somewhere between delirious pulp entertainment and hollow provocation, depending on who you ask — critics largely agreed on the film's stunning visual craft and a galvanizing Barry Keoghan performance, but split sharply over whether its dark satirical ambitions are earned or merely dressed up in style. Audiences were cooler than critics, and the gap between fervent admirers and skeptics is itself part of the conversation around the film.
“Fennell's scrupulously disguised screenplay, which stabs the pretentious English class system with a priceless antique knife dipped in potassium cyanide.”
Rex Reed·Observer
“if you see it as a lurid pulp fantasy rather than a penetrating satire, then Saltburn is deliriously enjoyable”
Nicholas Barber·BBC
“scenes often build to reach the cusp of something truly electric, but are let down by clunky dialogue”
Sophie Butcher·Empire
“the story's superficial treatment of its characters ... becomes increasingly ruinous”
Sophie Monks Kaufman·Sight and Sound
“a triumph of the cinema of excess, in all its orgiastic, unapologetic glory.”
Maureen Lee Lenker·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Emerald FennellDirector
Barry KeoghanOliver Quick
Jacob ElordiFelix Catton
Rosamund PikeElspeth Catton
Richard E. GrantSir James Catton
Alison OliverVenetia Catton
Archie MadekweFarleigh Start
Carey MulliganPoor Dear Pamela
Paul RhysDuncan
Ewan MitchellMichael Gavey
Sadie SoverallAnnabel
Millie KentIndia
Anthony B. WillisComposer
Linus SandgrenCinematographySaltburn
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
What critics thought
Emerald Fennell's class-war provocation lands somewhere between delirious pulp entertainment and hollow provocation, depending on who you ask — critics largely agreed on the film's stunning visual craft and a galvanizing Barry Keoghan performance, but split sharply over whether its dark satirical ambitions are earned or merely dressed up in style. Audiences were cooler than critics, and the gap between fervent admirers and skeptics is itself part of the conversation around the film.
“Fennell's scrupulously disguised screenplay, which stabs the pretentious English class system with a priceless antique knife dipped in potassium cyanide.”
Rex Reed·Observer
“if you see it as a lurid pulp fantasy rather than a penetrating satire, then Saltburn is deliriously enjoyable”
Nicholas Barber·BBC
“scenes often build to reach the cusp of something truly electric, but are let down by clunky dialogue”
Sophie Butcher·Empire
“the story's superficial treatment of its characters ... becomes increasingly ruinous”
Sophie Monks Kaufman·Sight and Sound
“a triumph of the cinema of excess, in all its orgiastic, unapologetic glory.”
Maureen Lee Lenker·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Emerald FennellDirectorBarry KeoghanOliver QuickJacob ElordiFelix CattonRosamund PikeElspeth CattonRichard E. GrantSir James CattonAlison OliverVenetia CattonArchie MadekweFarleigh StartCarey MulliganPoor Dear PamelaPaul RhysDuncanEwan MitchellMichael GaveySadie SoverallAnnabelMillie KentIndiaAnthony B. WillisComposerLinus SandgrenCinematographyStream
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