Sweetheart

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Sweetheart

PG-13

2019

1h 22m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island must fend off a malevolent force that surfaces each night.

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Critics Consensus

Carried by Kiersey Clemons' performance, Sweetheart balances smart subtext and social commentary against effective genre thrills.

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Todd Gilchrist

TheWrap

Sep 27, 2019

Not only fully delivers the conventions of genre and storytelling that audiences expect from the film's premise, but it also elevates and refines them to a sharp point.

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

Sep 25, 2019

B-

A lean creature feature that could have used just a little extra meat on its bones.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Feb 12, 2019

Not quite original or stylish enough to be memorable.

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Ian Bunting

Daily Record (UK)

Mar 5, 2025

Dillard and co-writers Alex Hyner and Alex Theurer’s script cleverly turns expected tropes on their head and refuses to burden Jenn with the type of dumb decision making to inflict many a horror heroine.

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Brandon Stanwyck

InSession Film

Nov 5, 2024

B-

The film itself could've used more of an edge. Because once you carve out the lead performance and the central theme, Sweetheart is just your run-of-the-mill-sole-survivor-stranded-on-a-deserted-island-fending-off-a-carnivorous-aquatic-monster movie.

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

Apr 20, 2022

In many ways, Sweetheart is a very simple but effective story; a gorgeously shot creature-feature-survival-horror that does a lot with a little, elevates the genre, while also building sustainable tension around a terrific lead.

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Magnus A

@RT19500319 Jun 5, 2026

Full length short movie if that makes sense. Sweetheart is 82 minutes but the content could be condensed to a fraction of that. Kiersey Clemons holds the movie together, acting for long minutes with no dialogue. Reminiscent of the early days of Lost - that sense of no back story, just events in the present. When her boyfriend and the other girl arrive this changes into another film - not quite as good really. Unusual, bare bones movie making - I enjoyed it. Oh and an old school inexplicable monster. Good stuff!

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Ricardo d

@RT43154676 Nov 21, 2025

Um filme daqueles que não explica o de onde surgiram os personagens, como era a sobrevivência da protagonista a base de água de coco, peixes que ela mesma pescava na baixa maré, e coca cola velha, e nem se foi resgatada, que bicho era aquele e seu propósito. O fim bem xoxo só fiquei pensando que todo aquele incêndio era real e desnecessário, se não for, é um ótimo efeito visual.

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Julian Rex M

@Julian_M Jul 30, 2025

Sweetheart never fully lives up to the genre-bending, creature-feature thrills it could've, but for those who can forgive its inconsistent, somewhat bland execution, the film may serve as just the right mixture of summer fun, intermittent suspense, and gripping shipwreck drama.

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Korra N

@RT88131552 Jul 6, 2025

The creature design and effects are great and the acting is solid, but the writing and direction keep the film from being great.

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Eric H

@RT59949953 Jun 15, 2025

Bad acting, bad cgi and the ending is just stupid.

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Spike D

@Spike93 May 4, 2025

The interpersonal drama muddies the water, so to speak, in this otherwise well-shot and suspenseful creature feature.

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J.D. Dillard

Director

Emory Cohen

Lucas

Kiersey Clemons

Jenn

Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Mia

J.D. Dillard

Screenwriter

Alex Hyner

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Synopsis

A shipwreck survivor on an uninhabited island must fend off a malevolent force that surfaces each night.

Director: J.D. Dillard
Producer: Jason Blum, Alex Hyner, Bill Karesh, Alex Theurer
Screenwriter: J.D. Dillard, Alex Hyner, Alex Theurer
Production Co: Blumhouse Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Bloody Images|Creature Violence|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2019
Runtime: 1h 22m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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