The film holds an approval rating of 73% on
Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10.
Peter Bradshaw of
The Guardian said, "Aoife McArdle's tale of a teenager rescued in reality by a stranger from her fantasies is an audacious delight."
Hot Press wrote, "At once raw and stylised, dreamlike and terrifyingly real, Kissing Candice is a bleak portrait of Ireland, but a compelling one." Sinead McCausland of
Film School Rejects wrote, "For a film so assured, stylised and well paced, McArdle has certainly made an impressive, and memorable, debut."
Controversy Even though it screened as part of the Generation 14plus section at the 2018
Berlinale, the film was given an 18 certificate by the
Irish Film Classification Office. The film was given a 15 rating in the United Kingdom. ==References==