Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?
Harron, a supremely intelligent adaptor who did wonders with the screen version of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho, simply doesn't have the chops to give this story the florid kick it needs.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
19 Apr 2012
rotten:
Harron can do little with this bloodless drama, a shadow of such quiet vampire treats as "Let the Right One In" and "The Addiction."
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr 2012
rotten:
The Moth Diaries fails to frighten, titillate or otherwise engage the imagination.
– Kathleen Murphy,
MSN Movies,
19 Apr 2012
fresh:
Roiling with jealousy, suicide and latent lesbian urges, "The Moth Diaries" dances on the border between hallucination and reality without fully committing to either.