Beloved Sisters
Music Box Films | Release Date: January 9, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 7, 2015
The result is immersive and intelligent, but not what one would call difficult. Graf’s knack for no-nonsense storytelling means that Beloved Sisters seems to fly past. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJan 8, 2015
As lengthy and passionate as a drawn-out kiss, Beloved Sisters is a beautifully made romantic drama set in 18th century Germany that's smart, sensual and emotionally resonant. Read full review
90
VarietyScott FoundasSep 14, 2014
An enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld (who would become his wife) and Caroline von Beulwitz (his eventual biographer). Read full review
80
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekJan 7, 2015
Although there's nothing sensationalistic about his approach, [Graf] treats the characters' tentative, often problematic bohemianism as a wild, brave, and precious thing, and the lead actors — restrained where it counts and bold where it matters — are a pleasure to watch. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJan 8, 2015
A very nearly epic romance, one that approaches the idea of a ménage-a-trois as emblematic of a particular idealism on the part of its participants rather than a hotsy-totsy taboo-busting arrangement. Read full review
75
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJan 7, 2015
This film loves its characters, but loves their ideals even more. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJan 15, 2015
Beloved Sisters might scratch your costume drama itch, but it’s not among the genre’s best. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 6, 2015
Never works up a romantic head of steam, never captures the frisson and ferment of a tumultuous age. And, thanks to the flat depiction of Schiller, Beloved Sisters never overcomes the feeling that it’s a lecture, with a little rough and ready German sex tossed in, here and there, to wake up the class. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJames LattimerSep 14, 2014
It blossoms into a breezily utopian depiction of a ménage á trois whose entirely matter-of-fact presentation sets up an intriguing dissonance with the prim period setting. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijSep 14, 2014
[A] handsomely produced if occasionally rather old-fashioned feeling period drama, which plays like a soap opera in which the characters just happen to have better manners and finery. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernJan 14, 2015
It only makes you wish for the unintellectual bodice ripper that the movie should have been. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJan 29, 2015
Without at least the tawdry pleasure of a little bodice ripping, the film moves along sluggishly, even though it is well acted and handsomely shot. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJan 8, 2015
With its dearth of substance and its wandering focus, this is a middlebrow bodice-ripper posing as an epic that hasn’t the foggiest idea of what it wants to say. Read full review
50
The DissolveMike D'AngeloJan 6, 2015
[Graf's] handsomely mounted, beautifully acted epic biopic (running just shy of three hours) succeeds in reducing the lives of three important figures in German literary history to a rather banal love triangle. Read full review
38
Boston GlobePeter KeoughJan 22, 2015
If nothing else, Beloved Sisters is one of the most visually striking biopics around. Too bad you have to wade through so much verbiage in order to enjoy it. Read full review
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