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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistCaroline TsaiThe PlaylistCaroline TsaiA thoughtful if occasionally melodramatic reflection on the nature of grief.
- 83The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakHusson leads us through tiny moments building up an origin story of sorts for who Jane will become. These experiences and these observations become the basis of a book about life’s beauty and tragedy binding us in ways that transcend economic and social standing.
- 67IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandMothering Sunday pushes toward cut-and-dried conclusions, sewing up certain storylines with a finality that doesn’t befit the early sense that nothing is really ever over for Jane or the wounded world she inhabits.
- 60Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangIt never quite comes together — the decades-spanning connective tissue somehow feels both overstated and thin — but Husson’s skill with actors, among them Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù and the great Glenda Jackson, yields undeniable dividends.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is a lovely-looking, lovely-sounding movie, handsomely designed, meticulously shot and impeccably performed — and it also has interesting things to say about the emotional toughness and the Greeneian splinter of ice in the heart, that is needed by a writer. But I have to admit that, despite my liking for slow cinema, I found something a bit indulgent and classy about the unvarying andante pace.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinEven the lush world-building of the visuals here, committed performances especially from Young, and stream-of-consciousness editing aren’t enough to conjure the wry, melancholy, and, above all, intensely literary interior voice of the book’s protagonist.
- 60Film ThreatAndy HowellFilm ThreatAndy HowellAnother problem with the film is the pacing. The main story is interesting enough, but it just feels padded and stretched.