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Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertLadybird, Ladybird...could have been a predictable tear-jerking docudrama, but is too honest to stack the deck.
- Although based on a true story, Ladybird Ladybird is also a parable of how government’s giant cogs sometimes crush individuals and never miss a turn. Loach puts us where we can hear the people crying.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's an unforgettable portrait of human anguish and the price that any society must pay when its best intentions go awry.
- Based on a harrowing true story and fueled by a blistering, full-throttle performance from newcomer Crissy Rock, Ken Loach's LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD reconfirms his status as dean and foremost exponent of the British tradition of social realism.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerLoach's film offers something dearer than any crowd-pleaser can: the bracing consolation of a truth told without dilution.
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinLadybird, Ladybird is a tough, utterly absorbing film even at moments when it seems to skirt some of the fine points of Maggie's difficulties.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyThough the movie sounds irredeemably depressing on paper, there’s a real warmth to the central relationship that lifts “Ladybird” above similar-sounding exercises in Brit self-loathing.
- 60Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerLos Angeles TimesPeter RainerThe power of “Ladybird, Ladybird” is inseparable from its weaknesses. Loach brings us up close to the misery but, in a larger sense, he stands back.
- 40Time OutGeoff AndrewTime OutGeoff AndrewAs social critique, the film provokes pity and anger, not thought: understandable, since it's never quite clear exactly what Loach is attacking.