Adore
Exclusive Releasing | Release Date: September 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 5, 2013
It falls to Wright and Watts to shoulder the heavy lifting here, and they do so with as much grace as the plot will allow. Adore isn’t the feminist medication Fontaine probably means it to be, but it’s not the unintentional laugh riot it could have been in lesser hands, either. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeySep 5, 2013
It's a challenging film, but maybe not as challenging as it should be. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichSep 3, 2013
You can barely stifle a laugh, and the way Wright and Watts deliver rote, morally searching dialogue with deer-in-the-headlights stoicism (“We’ve crossed a line,” Lil blankly notes) doesn’t help matters. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 9, 2013
The unfairness of it all would be worth getting more worked up about if Adore were a better movie. It’s not. But it’s a fascinating one nevertheless — a case study in thwarted cinematic ambition and a cautionary tale of stylistic timidity. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSep 5, 2013
Trying to be provocative with a capital "P," Anne Fontaine's Adore undermines itself by provoking unintended laughs. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubBen KenigsbergSep 4, 2013
The setup promises more intrigue than the film ultimately delivers. Read full review
45
NPRElla TaylorSep 5, 2013
To begin with, how painful is it to watch actors as intelligent as Naomi Watts and Robin Wright mug their way through the story of two hard-bodied middle-aged Australian besties hitting the sack with one another's teenaged sons? Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSep 4, 2013
Adore has the distinction of featuring some of the most laughable dialogue in any movie this year. Read full review
40
The DissolveMike D'AngeloSep 4, 2013
Given the level of sophistication at which the movie operates, they might as well have called it Motherlover, after the Lonely Island video in which Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake sing about the exact same taboo foursome. The only significant difference is that the comedy in “Motherlover” is fully intentional. Read full review
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