Adrienne
Home Box Office (HBO) | Release Date: December 1, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistChristian GallichioDec 2, 2021
Not only does Ostroy contextualize her life outside of filmmaking, but he also centralizes Shelly’s steady and progressive growth from actress-for-hire to independent filmmaking force, noting how creative autonomy allowed her to develop her own projects but also slowed down the development time in-between movies as she scraped together financing. Read full review
83
IndieWireKristen LopezDec 1, 2021
Adrienne is a beautiful testament to the power of Adrienne Shelly and will hopefully inspire fans, new and old, to revisit her work. Andy Ostroy’s documentary certainly emphasizes the emotional and sentimental, but that intimacy bonds the audience to Shelly as a woman. Bring tissues. Read full review
80
Little White LiesEmma FraserDec 1, 2021
A striking portrait of Shelly’s life that will have you seeking out her work and wondering what could have been. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonDec 2, 2021
It’s also a film made by her grieving husband. On paper, it shouldn’t work at all. It works measurably better on screen. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergDec 1, 2021
It isn’t polished and it isn’t focused, and at times there’s a rawness to its emotional exposure that left me feeling a little uncomfortable. But in those respects, it’s a wholly reasonable expression of the sort of grief that, even 14 years later, defies understanding. Read full review
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