Edie
Music Box Films | Release Date: September 6, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowSep 6, 2019
By the time Edie and Jonny make it to the top, we can almost see their souls expand to the farthest reaches of the truly spectacular vista. Read full review
75
The Associated PressMark KennedySep 4, 2019
The uplifting Edie is worthy of your time, mostly thanks to Hancock and Scotland’s natural beauty. Read full review
60
Time OutIan FreerAug 30, 2019
It doesn’t have the balls to be ‘McHarold and Maude’, but it does deliver an engaging, prettily scored (Debbie Wiseman), likeable warning about the dangers of wasting your life. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 5, 2019
Something tells me a documentary on Hancock simply navigating the rigors of Edie, as well as acting it to the fullest, might have been more readily inspiring. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 3, 2019
Featuring an excellent performance by veteran British actress Sheila Hancock (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), who is clearly up to both the challenging emotional and physical demands of the title role, Edie earns points for good intentions but never quite succeeds in managing to scale its thematic summit. Read full review
40
VarietyAlissa SimonSep 4, 2019
An uneven dramedy from U.K. commercials helmer Simon Hunter, working from a screenplay by Elizabeth O’Halloran that has a big problem in tone and beaucoup clichéd contrivance. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 30, 2019
We get some lovely photography of the Highlands and the breathtaking landscapes all around Inverness, and Hancock is always a potent presence. But she could have done more, conveyed more, with a story that wasn’t so basically simplistic and familiar. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Simran HansAug 30, 2019
With its drab, overpowering score, this tedious drama is nearly as gruelling as the trek up Scotland’s Suilven. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyAug 30, 2019
The film is way too much like a never-give-up Saga commercial for its own good. Read full review
40
EmpireBeth WebbAug 30, 2019
Fleeting charm and pretty packaging will leave you partially satisfied but later craving a bolder film that puts its battle-worn title character to better use. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 5, 2019
Hancock is wasted here, as are the meaty dramatic threads that Elizabeth O’Halloran’s formulaic screenplay never bothers to pull. Read full review
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