Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there - the rental has apparently been double-booked. With nowhere else to go, they decide to share the cabin with these strangers until the next morning. When her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation for their sudden breakup- but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined.... (Full plot summary below)
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Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there - the rental has apparently been double-booked. With nowhere else to go, they decide to share the cabin with these strangers until the next morning. When her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation for their sudden breakup- but the truth is far stranger than she could have imagined.
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| Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesThe Cow is a powerhouse creeper where one of the great actresses of her generation shows us how it’s done. |
| TheWrapMarya E. GatesThe blended tones and mixing of rom-com tropes with wry humor and mystery mostly work well until the film makes a hard pivot to biotech horror. By the last act the script begins to resemble "The X-Files," however the same implausibility that made that show a hoot, here unfortunately undermines the spell the film had successfully cast. |
| The New York TimesLisa KennedyTwists galore follow, the torque of which surprises again and again. |
| Paste MagazineAurora AmidonThe Cow goes in a number of unexpected directions that, on paper, look like fodder for a perfect missing-persons mystery à la Gone Girl or Prisoners. The problem is, Horowitz doesn’t quite seem sure how to tell the story in a way that keeps the viewer engaged. |
| We Got This CoveredMartin CarrWith a little less preamble and a lot more momentum, The Cow might have been something special. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkThe film’s final revelations are underdeveloped and underwhelming, wrapping up events neatly in a way that lacked the humor of earlier scenes. |
| IndieWireKate ErblandAs “The Cow” sinks deeper into increasingly limp twists, turns, and choices, Ryder keeps hold of Kath, offering the film’s most genuine surprise: a real, lived-in, fully fleshed out performance. No one else can match her, but who could even try? |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThere’s just not enough gristle and gore on the bone of this story to make for a memorably haunting viewer experience. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayEven when the story doesn’t pop, Ryder is terrific. |
| Slant MagazineWes GreeneThe film’s ominous atmosphere derives less from the mystery of a disappearance and more from the scary business of getting older. |
