All the Light in the Sky
Factory 25 | Release Date: December 20, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
Watch Now
Stream On
Buy on

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyAndrew BarkerDec 17, 2013
[Swanberg's] latest work, All the Light in the Sky, displays a striking new willingness to meet his audience halfway, buttressing his signature style with clever pacing, solid technique and a deeply soulful lead performance from co-scripter Jane Adams. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnDec 20, 2013
A minor effort in a filmography largely composed of them, All the Light in the Sky is nonetheless satisfying on the terms it establishes early on. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyDec 18, 2013
Large-scale anxieties about the future of the environment mingle with the characters’ small-scale anxieties about the present. The effect of this interplay will probably vary from viewer to viewer. As with Swanberg’s production methods, a lot depends on what you bring to the movie. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 19, 2013
The cosmic and the microscopic are casually — and delicately — juxtaposed in All the Light in the Sky, an evocative, slightly melancholic movie. Read full review
65
NPRJoel ArnoldDec 20, 2013
Where the film excels is in capturing the quiet revelations in Marie's life over the few days it chronicles — revelations that represent the aftermath of choices made years before, when expectations were higher. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 20, 2013
Marie is middle-aged and at a crossroads in All the Light in the Sky, a movie that feels the same way — listless and searching and on its way toward something good. Read full review
60
The DissolveNathan RabinDec 17, 2013
All The Light In The Sky is a refreshingly grown-up exploration of a woman at a personal and professional crossroads that’s stronger for never pushing its narrative or its finely wrought lead character in the direction of big moments or bullshit epiphanies. It’s casual, but also quietly moving. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneDec 19, 2013
In Joe Swanberg's disaffected little film, the drama is never explicit, or even fully conscious. Read full review
40
Village VoiceInkoo KangDec 17, 2013
[A] tediously naturalistic and fairly pointless no-budget indie about the compromises of middle-aged femininity. Read full review
More From This Movie

62 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 71 The Sheep Detectives
5 68 Crime 101
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL