1,000 Times Good Night
Film Movement | Release Date: October 24, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesPenny WalkerNov 6, 2014
Binoche does an excellent job showing her character’s conflict, though it is not until later in the movie that we learn why she so eagerly runs into danger. Read full review
88
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 23, 2014
1,000 Times Good Night has moments of both startling violence and breathtaking beauty. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie ScheibOct 21, 2014
Deftly sidestepping both melodrama and family-values messaging, Poppe imbues the film with enormous emotional resonance, brilliantly grounded by his leading lady. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanOct 24, 2014
Binoche is her usual dependable self, bringing passion and fury to a familiar, but still compelling, character. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 23, 2014
What makes 1,000 Times Good Night more than a dramatic essay on wartime journalism is Ms. Binoche’s wrenchingly honest portrayal of a woman of conscience driven by a mixture of guilt, nobility and self-importance, reckoning belatedly with her destructive impulses. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 21, 2014
An affecting drama made more poignant by honest-feeling autobiographical elements. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 25, 2014
Binoche never falters. She's the film's fire and grieving heart. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyOct 24, 2014
The first English-language film from Norwegian director Eric Poppe is a conscientious and beautifully shot movie that ultimately bogs down in its own disinclination to come to any kind of dramatically useful conclusion about its subject. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenOct 23, 2014
The film can be intensely moving, yet there's a self-congratulatory tone to much of it, especially in the domestic drama. Read full review
60
The DissolveMatthew DessemOct 22, 2014
The movie is a mishmash of riveting action and drama pasted together with obligatory plot-moving that is so phoned-in that it approaches parody. Read full review
60
CineVueJoe WalshMay 3, 2014
Binoche's potent performance [cuts] to the quick of the struggle to balance a passion for work with a commitment to family. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 3, 2014
The film has limitations. But it has Binoche, and that’s almost enough. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonGuy LodgeApr 29, 2014
It’s as handsomely shot as any film about an ace shutterbug ought to be, and Binoche infuses familiar internal crises with palpable pain and urgency. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerApr 28, 2014
A compelling, if well worn , topic — work/life balance — is brought vividly to life by a great Binoche performance. Read full review
60
Total FilmSimon KinnearApr 28, 2014
Director Erik Poppe’s worthy intentions are nearly undone by an undisciplined screenplay. Still, he marshals two strong performances. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJessica KiangDec 5, 2013
A film that, while often beautiful to look at, feels oddly bloodless in execution. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubVadim RizovOct 23, 2014
Turns out to be a disappointingly standard-issue addiction melodrama, this one the tearful case study of an adrenaline junkie whose compulsion threatens to push her family and loved ones away. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDanny KingOct 21, 2014
Poppe's closeness to the material ensures a level of passion, but he still fails to create a truly specific dynamic for Rebecca and Marcus's family, settling instead for a catch-all representation of the difficulties of maintaining a healthy home life while working in a dangerous profession. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 23, 2014
Sadly, this gorgeous-looking adult movie plays out the same theme over and over, never going anywhere surprising. At least we have Binoche to guide us to hell and back. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 21, 2014
Binoche's performance – tiresomely radiating a martyred integrity – is mannered and self-conscious, and her character's professional work is naively imagined. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneOct 22, 2014
It's difficult to swallow the premise of yet another tale of a heroic white Westerner with good intentions trying to give hope to Middle-Eastern misery. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithOct 22, 2014
The movie is about a situation, not a story — there’s little narrative momentum — and as is often the case with movies about journalists, the mood of smug sanctimony becomes unbearable. Read full review
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