77
Metascore
21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekVillage VoiceStephanie ZacharekAs Adenike, Gurira is wonderful: Her face is equally radiant whether she's channeling anguish or joy, and she captures the ways in which this woman, so old-country dutiful, also longs to join the modern world.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThis is not a fable of assimilation or alienation, but rather the keenly observed story of two people seeking guidance in painful and complicated circumstances.
- 88Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSlant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundBeautiful, poetic, and hard-hitting without the use of excessive force and deeply layered with evolving and regional nuances of feminine experience
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThis world is ravishingly beautiful, but there’s also something oppressive about its exoticism. The color doesn’t just saturate the frame; it thickens it.
- 80Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesWorking from a script by playwright Darci Picoult, Dosunmu fashions a tale that’s realistic, melodramatic and culturally specific (we spend as much time ogling colorfully patterned dresses as we do admiring Gurira’s endlessly expressive face), yet unmistakably archetypal.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis is one of the most striking entries in the 2013 global wave of black cinema, but also admittedly one that poses hurdles to audiences with conventional expectations.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyA pictorially unusual but dramatically listless tale.
- 60The DissolveKeith PhippsThe DissolveKeith PhippsWhile some of the scenes feel contrived, the naturalistic performances never do.