90
Metascore
31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaA triumph.
- 100USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkOne of the year's best movies and certainly its most delightful screen surprise.
- 90Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThoroughly researched, unobtrusively upholstered, this beautifully assured entertainment about Victorian England is a string of delights.
- 90L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyL.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyWe never seem to be looking at actors, but at people; never at scenes, but at life unrehearsed.
- 90NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenFilled with delicious backstage drama, and superb actors reveling in the opportunity to play their 19th-century counterparts.
- 90Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyLeigh and his solid cast make sure that inside jokes translate to a broad audience, and that their rendering of the back-stage drama is smart, engrossing and often very funny.
- 90SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinA monument to process -- to the minutiae of making art -- Topsy-Turvy leaves you upside down and breathless.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanNot only Mike Leigh's strongest film since "Naked" but a true show-making epic.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovWildly entertaining, "Shakespeare in Love" minus the Bard and the babe, but with substantive style to burn.
- 88New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsA hive of broad, brilliant performances.