Cyrano
United Artists Releasing | Release Date: December 17, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
18
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 25, 2022
Cyrano is a delicate dream of a movie, the kind of film that feels like you might have merely imagined it — light on the surface but long on subconscious impact. Read full review
100
Original-CinKim HughesFeb 25, 2022
Dinklage’s performance here is crushingly sad, and he is never more persuasive than as a man convinced he is unworthy of love despite his substantial social standing and towering intellect. Read full review
100
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 5, 2021
With its swooping cameras and beyond-dazzling production design, Wright’s style is more alive than ever, giving new meaning to the word “panache.” Read full review
91
The Film StageDan MeccaFeb 24, 2022
Simultaneously, Cyrano feels like something new and something old. The best of both worlds. Read full review
90
PolygonRobert DanielsFeb 28, 2022
Not only do Wright and Dinklage fashion an unrequited anguish worth crying over, again and again. Cyrano is the best movie musical of the last decade. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberSep 13, 2021
The important point is that the charm and poignancy of the original text survive. And Wright’s technical achievements are worth saluting. Read full review
88
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 23, 2022
Cyrano, like the best art its implacable hero celebrates, is full of poetry, romance, terror and truth. Read full review
88
The Associated PressLindsey BahrFeb 22, 2022
Everyone knows this story and how it turns out. But “Cyrano” does a wonderful job of letting you cling to the hope that it might go differently, as agonizing as it might be. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattDec 21, 2021
The real draw is Dinklage: with his mournful eyes and crooked smile, he's the tender, towering soul of Cyrano. Read full review
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah HagiFeb 25, 2022
Wright has created a truly rich and vibrant world, full of dramatic sets. Most importantly, the film is genuinely fun, with enough of an emotional pull to justify some of its bigger swings. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradyFeb 25, 2022
In an ideal world, it’ll do Greatest Showman box office business. Mind you, in an ideal world, Dinklage’s forlorn turn would be nominated for an Oscar. Read full review
80
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyFeb 25, 2022
The very best moments of Cyrano take place in near-silence, when all we can hear is the breathing of lovers enraptured by each other’s gazes. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 23, 2022
How do you make an age-old tale that’s been told many times before feel fresh and invigorating? Hire Peter Dinklage, for starters. He makes Joe Wright’s pandemic project “Cyrano” come alive with a performance heartening and heartbreaking. Wright’s penchant for elaborate, over-the-top set pieces helps, too. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyFeb 25, 2022
Cyrano gets the big things right, and Dinklage embodies it all. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 24, 2022
Dinklage isn’t a strong singer, but it doesn’t matter a whit: his swaggering but vulnerable Cyrano, reveling in words but aching with love, will break your heart Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 23, 2022
Cyrano is meant to make you cry, and this musical and its star do, and more than once. Read full review
75
ABC NewsPeter TraversDec 31, 2021
Peter Dinklage sings! Pushing past the conventional elements in Joe Wright’s ravishing musical version of a unrequited love, Dinklage makes believers of us all. His Cyrano thinks his small size makes him a freak. But it's not a poetic ideal he can't live up to, it's his. That's his tragedy. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloDec 14, 2021
A musical with numbers written by The National was a terrific idea, and so was Dinklage as Cyrano. Just not at the same time. Read full review
70
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiMar 3, 2022
Cyrano is a magnetic, musical romance that peels back the layers of its title character in new, exciting ways. Read full review
70
Little White LiesLeila LatifFeb 25, 2022
It’s an imperfect but enjoyable adaptation, with Wright, like Dinklage, delivering something charismatic but insubstantial. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangFeb 24, 2022
Cyrano slips in and out of that realm fitfully; it’s not always the most graceful retelling of this oft-told tale, and its ardent defense of love for love’s sake can feel paper-thin one moment and swooningly sincere the next. What gives the movie its sustaining pulse is Dinklage. Read full review
70
The AtlanticDavid SimsFeb 14, 2022
The landscape of cinema doesn’t have enough maximalist costumed epics, and I’ll always applaud Wright’s ambition even when he doesn’t pull off his entire vision. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearJan 3, 2022
Cyrano may sometimes feels like its struggling to find a way to say something new about a beloved, centuries-old work of art, one that’s been updated and deconstructed and reconstructed ad infinitum. Once the sex-symbol movie star starts whispering in its ear what to say, however, and how to act, and why it’s the well-spoken sadness of it all that makes it so swoonworthy — those are the moments that make this musical positively sing. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 9, 2021
The vivid performances capably capture the humanity at the centre of a film that can sometimes be dominated by Wright’s showy excesses — in particular, his overly elaborate set pieces. But there’s no mistaking Cyrano’s sense of tragedy, its lament for soulmates destined not to get their happy ending. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichSep 5, 2021
Is it good? In parts! Is it intoxicated with the same demented bravado that its namesake embodies when he sneaks behind the enemy lines of the Franco-Spanish War, but tragically lacks whenever he’s alone with his true love Roxanne (a ravishing Haley Bennett, with whom Wright himself is besotted in real life)? Absolutely. And that’s plenty to sing about. Read full review
67
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodSep 5, 2021
This version of Cyrano feels less fresh or contemporary than it wants to be. Something is missing either in the songs, the staging, or, more likely, the screenplay. That being said, the core story will still be compelling to many as it has for over 120 years. Read full review
65
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerJan 3, 2022
Everyone does a good job and the movie still doesn’t really linger. Cyrano moves along fleetly without ever fully lifting off, grounded by its skillful refinements. Read full review
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