"A master cinematic stylist of the first order, Asia Argento has stubbornly made this tale as repellent as possible; it’s so chock full o’ nuts, you’re likely to gag on it even as you struggle to resist the director’s unambiguous passion for her work and the film’s seamy, tawdry, and technical brilliance."
"Artful and stylish, Argento's acting and filmmaking are edgy, authentic and rather nuts. The film is a feast (or maybe an assault) on the senses with light and colour, sound and texture, grimy rawness and goofy effects...Even if the film is almost overwhelmingly seedy and grim, it also has a bleak tenderness that reaches out to us, keeps us gripped, and lingers long in the memory afterwards."
"While many have tried to tackle the idea that 'growing up is hell' few have been as daring, effective or brutal as Asia Argento’s second feature film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things."
