‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Nicolas Winding Refn Gets Lost in His Own Private Filmmaking Hell with This David Lynch-on-Bad-Acid Disaster
Nicolas Winding Refn's latest film, 'Her Private Hell,' has been met with criticism for its incoherent narrative and excessive style. The film is described as a blend of David Lynch's surrealism and avant-garde aesthetics, lacking a clear direction. Despite Refn's previous successes, this film appears to be a departure into a confusing and pretentious realm.
- ▪'Her Private Hell' is Nicolas Winding Refn's first film since 'The Neon Demon.'
- ▪The film has been compared to the works of David Lynch and Gaspar Noé.
- ▪Critics have described the film as incoherent and excessively stylized.
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Home Film Reviews May 19, 2026 5:10pm PT ‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Nicolas Winding Refn Gets Lost in His Own Private Filmmaking Hell with This David Lynch-on-Bad-Acid Disaster Sophie Thatcher poses and snarls, and Charles Melton stalks through hell, in a perfume-commercial fever dream that doesn't pretend to cohere. By Owen Gleiberman Plus Icon Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic @OwenGleiberman Latest ‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Nicolas Winding Refn Gets Lost in His Own Private Filmmaking Hell with This David Lynch-on-Bad-Acid Disaster 11 minutes ago ‘Full Phil’ Review: With Woody Harrelson and Kristen Stewart Locked in a Father-Daughter Hatefest, Will Quentin Dupieux’s Latest Bizarro-World Lark Be His Crossover Movie? 1 day ago ‘Sheep in the Box’ Review: Kore-eda’s Sweet but Limp Sci-Fi…
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