Come Away
Relativity Media | Release Date: November 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatLorry KiktaNov 11, 2020
Come Away is just a heart-rending, joyful, and gorgeous movie that everyone should take their kids to go see. Read full review
80
SlashfilmBen PearsonNov 11, 2020
A creative reimagining sprinkled with fairy dust, Come Away succeeds on the strength of its whimsical (but not overly whimsical) script by Marissa Kate Goodhill and its impressive ensemble cast, and soars thanks to Chapman’s stellar direction. A new children’s classic has arrived, and this timeless fairytale will surely enchant audiences for generations to come. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayNov 11, 2020
There are moments when the fanfic speculations of “Come Away” feel too forced and downright cockamamie; the plot, probably inevitable, becomes schematic and the near-constant state of magical thinking too sticky-sweet for words. But the enterprise is ennobled by Chapman's sense of style and a consistently strong set of performances, especially from Jolie and Oyelowo. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldNov 12, 2020
It just feels like a pretty idea that didn’t get fully developed; an origin story that we didn’t need. Read full review
60
EmpireBen TravisDec 17, 2020
It never quite tumbles into Wonderland, but the ambition at play — and a top cast of supporting players — is just enough to let Come Away off the Hook. Read full review
50
Original-CinJim SlotekNov 12, 2020
Awash in good intentions and weighed down by its grim premise, Come Away is a fantasy that fails to inspire, despite its star power (including David Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie) and occasionally clever flourishes. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDan RubinsNov 12, 2020
The film can’t seem to decide whether it’s fantasy or allegory and whether its characters are fan fiction or flesh and blood. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 12, 2020
Come Away is an idea that never takes flight. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicElizabeth MontgomeryNov 11, 2020
Between the siblings' adventure scenes, family tragedies and familiar characters it's hard to stay engaged with a film so gloomy, sad and sluggish. In the end, you’re left wondering what was real, whether it was all just a dream or if you're just too grown up to understand. Read full review
42
The Film StageOrla SmithDec 3, 2020
Although Come Away purports to be a new take on old tales, it tediously goes through the motions of a story that’s been told a thousand times. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerNov 14, 2020
That it has so little new to say, and replaces spirited fantasy with an overbearing glumness, is just disappointing. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanNov 13, 2020
Like a magic brew thinned into bouillon, Come Away folds spellbinding storybook tales into a mundane melodrama. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 11, 2020
An airless film about childhood fantasies that comes to life only fitfully, Brenda Chapman's Come Away is aimed at children but so pickled in grown-up grief that few kids are likely to connect with it. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaNov 10, 2020
The ending that seems meant to be wistful, even magical, reads instead as appalling, lamentable, gloomy, however you want to say “the opposite of wondrous and happy.” Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeNov 13, 2020
As it is, the film feels simultaneously far too heavy and not at all substantial, a long, slow buildup to something wondrous that never comes. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 17, 2020
This is a muddled, leaden fantasy adventure for Christmas which feels as if someone put all the Quality Streets in a saucepan and melted them together, with the wrappers still on. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonNov 13, 2020
Come Away evokes memories of “Radio Flyer,” the equally appalling 1992 child abuse drama where fantasy and cruel reality merged in ways that were shockingly offensive. Read full review
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