Actress
Cinema Guild | Release Date: November 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNov 10, 2014
One of the greatest documentaries I’ve ever seen. Read full review
90
VarietyGuy LodgeNov 14, 2014
Robert Greene's extraordinary collaboration with actress Brandy Burre is a playful, provocative examination of self-performance. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyNov 5, 2014
Alternately candid and cagey, Robert Greene’s documentary turns the chores and frustrations of a modern-day homemaker into a study in roles — social and personal, conscious and unintentional, on-camera and off. It isn’t, by any means, a difficult movie, but neither does it take any easy routes. Read full review
80
Village VoiceCalum MarshNov 4, 2014
Greene seems fascinated by the contradictory identities — each a kind of real-life performance — that Burre endeavors to reconcile, and he is profoundly sensitive to the emotional truth these performances describe. Read full review
80
The DissolveNoel MurrayNov 3, 2014
It’s simultaneously tricky and profound—a documentary about something small that gradually grows to cover so much more. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireNov 7, 2014
Greene’s film is deceptively profound in that it’s about a specific woman with a specific kind of life, yet it has universal resonance as a reflection of the struggle so many women endure—the desire to be all things to all people and inevitably failing someone, the yearning to balance career and parenthood and never finding enough time to do either completely right. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardNov 1, 2014
It convincingly reconciles private passion with public desire by suggesting that, for women in particular, the 21st-century limelight is always on, no matter the setting or venue. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottNov 6, 2014
Mr. Greene’s impressionistic style and rough, off-center compositions create an atmosphere of intimacy, as if the viewer were being invited to read Ms. Burre’s diary or her mind. Read full review
67
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicNov 11, 2014
While zooming in and out of Burre’s life, Greene foregoes true insight in favor of a stylistic approach, using the kind of cinematic language that’s often reserved for fiction and feature films, and the result leaves you admiring Actress greatly, but from a distance. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 6, 2014
The director attempts to infuse the film with a dreamy poeticism via slow motion and other stylistic devices, with the results feeling mildly pretentious. Read full review
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