Being Maria
Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 21, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 1, 2025
Palud’s directorial emphasis on that internal experience, guided by a simple shooting style trained on Vartolomei, is what keeps Being Maria afloat on its turbulent seas. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaMar 28, 2025
If the meandering nature of the film makes the psychic fallout seem tonally scattered, it nevertheless conveys the sense that she’s sleepwalking through life — and always fighting to snap out of it. Read full review
60
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMar 20, 2025
As a creative work, it’s mild, but it’s audacious nonetheless, and its audacity lies in its very existence—its dramatization of the making of one of the most famous (and, now, infamous) movies of all time, its portrayal of two of the greatest actors of all time, and its reconstruction of the scene of a moral crime and the crime’s agonizing aftermath. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMar 5, 2025
Vartolomei is a compelling actress and the camera truly loves her, but there’s only so much she can do with a script that doesn’t have much of a second or third act. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 5, 2025
Filmmaker Jessica Palud’s second feature may be uneven, but it hits on something fundamental about its troubled, defiant subject. Read full review
42
The Film StageAlistair RyderMar 20, 2025
I can’t pretend I’m a scholar on Maria Schneider’s life and work, but even I can sense this is sorely lacking. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMar 5, 2025
The long-term consequences are depressing, but also low on dramatic tension and life. Read full review
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