Bleak Moments
Yleisradio (YLE) | Release Date: January 1, 1971 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It is a first film by a young British director who exhibits in every scene a complete mastery of the kind of characterization he is attempting. This film is a masterpiece, plain and simple, and that is a statement I doubt I will ever have cause to revise. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The ability to find performers who never seem for a moment to be performing is also here, giving Bleak Moments, like all of Leigh's films, an almost voyeuristic feel. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A film with downbeat themes of solitude, difficulties of communication, coping with a retarded 29-year-old sister, it has enough human insight sans mawkishness or undue sentimentality to make it wryly funny, with its recognition of human foibles that gives it an edge, charm and warmth, tempered with compassion. Read full review
80
The TelegraphStaff (Not Credited)
Portraying an instantly recognisable reality with a raw, utterly uncompromising intensity. Read full review
60
EmpireKim Newman
Downright depressing. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The best that can be said for Bleak Moments is that it earns its name. The film, while it has been handsomely photographed, seems entirely given over to pained, wordless interludes. [23 Sep 1980, p.C6]
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Good direction and fine performances keep the pace of this lengthy film moving and prevent the material's descent into maudlin sentimentality. Read full review
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