Come Sunday
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 13, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistChristian GallichioApr 12, 2018
By allowing Ejiofor the time and narrative space, even allowing many of the sermons to play out in full, to express Pearson’s confliction, Marston has created one of the more restrained explorations of faith in quite some time. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyApr 12, 2018
The movie's pounding heart is the remarkable Ejiofor. Imbuing his role with authority, charisma, mighty strength and wrenching human frailty, he's enough to make believers of all of us. Read full review
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 12, 2018
Marston, working from Marcus Hinchey’s sensitive and remarkably nuanced script, invites measured introspection from both his characters and the audience. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangApr 12, 2018
It’s odd how effectively the movie winds up accomplishing what some of the best sermons do — heightening our compassion, stirring our emotions and intermittently earning our awe. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattApr 12, 2018
Ejiofor’s performance make the movie; the rest, you may just have to take on faith. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonApr 12, 2018
It may play a little flatly, but its sincerity of purpose remains affecting throughout. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 12, 2018
While Marcus Hinchey’s screenplay is occasionally too blunt, Come Sunday accords sympathetic moments to all its characters — a strategy that gives this chronicle of religious convictions a conviction of its own. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 12, 2018
The movie that’s happening in Ejiofor’s eyes is far more wracked and compelling than the one that Marston shows us through his own. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 13, 2018
The movie itself, overall, feels kind of bloodless. Scenes in which Pearson is called upon to defend his new vision kind of fizzle rather than catch fire. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubVikram MurthiApr 11, 2018
Despite committed performances from most of the cast (especially Ejiofor, who imbues Pearson with a gentle yet stubborn spirit), Come Sunday can’t shake its middling script and perfunctory direction. Read full review
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The AtlanticDavid SimsApr 13, 2018
Pearson’s epiphany, and his subsequent battles with the church, were confusing for both parties, and Marston seeks to underscore that with nuance. Unfortunately, he ends up losing grasp of the compelling drama lying at the heart of that conflict. Read full review
42
The Film StageDaniel SchindelApr 12, 2018
Come Sunday makes an admirable effort to delve into religious conviction and changes in faith, but comes up feeling too normal and disconnected from those matters. Read full review
40
The GuardianJordan HoffmanApr 12, 2018
The good news is that Ejiofor is great even in the scenes that don’t go anywhere. Those who find heaven here on earth in the form of strong film performances ought to commune with Come Sunday. The rest can sleep in. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 9, 2018
In the film, Joshua Marston leaches the narrative of nearly all the social texture that infused and empowered “Heretics,” the 2005 episode of the This American Life podcast that inspired this biopic. Read full review
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