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Metascore
40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodMasterfully played by Annette Bening, Dorothea is a fascinating character of contradictions.
- 91IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThis is the rare movie that’s redeemed by its unchecked nostalgia.
- 83The Film StageNick NewmanThe Film StageNick NewmanIf the screenplay’s sense of scale can begin to feel limited by an overfamiliarity in environment, it’s suddenly made expansive with the realization of how much these places are extensions of these five people’s lives and personalities.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe sheer likability of these lived-in characters is a powerful magnet, thanks to insightful writing and a note-perfect ensemble anchored by a never-better Annette Bening.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanFor all of Mills’s cinematic tricks, he’s emerging as a great realist film-maker.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe characters of 20th Century Women, more interconnected than most, generate a group narrative that’s just substantial enough to keep you in thrall by how uninhibited a movie can be.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAlthough a touch too precious and slight, 20th Century Women is lit from within by its endless curiosity about its evolving characters.
- 60TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan Callahan20th Century Women mainly overcomes its flaws through the sheer imaginative sensitivity of Mills’s writing.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen Gleiberman20th Century Women is an endless chain of anecdotes, and though many individual moments are winning, the movie as a whole is rudderless. It never achieves an emotional power surge.
- 60We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksWe Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-Brooks20th Century Women relegates a set of extraordinary female characters to supporting players in a standard coming-of-age narrative. It's entertaining, but also disappointing.