Emilia Pérez
Netflix | Release Date: November 1, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 55 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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60
The Daily BeastNick SchagerNov 13, 2024
Despite winning the Best Actress (for its female ensemble) and Jury Prize awards at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, it’s a bold gamble that doesn’t quite pay off. Read full review
60
EmpireJohn NugentOct 31, 2024
Jacques Audiard’s outlandish musical thriller is a little jumbled, and a little misjudged in the treatment of its characters. But you can’t doubt its audaciousness. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicDina KaurOct 31, 2024
There was a lot of hype surrounding it, but after one too many awkward musical numbers combined with slow pacing, I was left checking my phone for when the 2-hour and 10-minute movie would be over. Read full review
60
NMESophie ButcherOct 28, 2024
Whilst its blend of influences make Emilia Perez unique, they also make it exhausting. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMay 22, 2024
Imagine Pedro Almodóvar directing Sicario and you’re close to the tenor of this exuberant cartel-thriller-stroke-musical – which, as if those elements weren’t heady enough, comes with a tender trans twist. Read full review
60
LooperAudrey FoxMay 21, 2024
Emilia Pérez can certainly be messy, but it's rarely a mess, and many audiences might just fall in love with its audacious, chaotic energy. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearMay 19, 2024
The result is both exhilarating and exasperating, swinging so wildly all over the map that you may want to pre-emptively wear a neckbrace before viewing. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 19, 2024
Audiard brings his usual ambition and sweep, energy and attack; although I wondered at certain points if the musical numbers functioned at some level as an alibi, to pre-empt objections about being the film being contrived. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNatalia KeoganNov 6, 2024
Though its thematic threads are never woven into salient social commentary, there is a perverse pleasure to be had with Emilia Pérez, even if its positions on gender, sexuality, and broader Mexican society lack proper nuance. Read full review
58
IndieWireRyan LattanzioMay 19, 2024
There’s almost nothing about “Emilia Pérez” that’s conventional — until the movie unravels into a third-act bit involving a hijacking, guns, and a live human body in a trunk. Which is just a reminder of where Audiard’s head really rests all along. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 21, 2024
The middle acts, where Emilia Pérez has her coming out, reconnects with her “fixer” lawyer and pulls her kids and her still-clueless ex-wife close to her, sag and slow the movie’s sprint to a crawl. Read full review
50
The New YorkerRichard BrodyNov 12, 2024
Instead of suggesting depths of thought and feeling lying below the surfaces of busy lives, the movie’s exaggerations and artifices merely serve Audiard’s vigorous yet narrowly deterministic approach to the story. Read full review
50
SlashfilmJeremy MathaiOct 2, 2024
In the end, Emilia Pérez can't help but feel like a half-completed thought experiment, anchored by the performances of a trio of women all but willing this past the finish line. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyNov 22, 2024
Audiard’s efforts don’t always pay off, and in Emilia Pérez they come across as impassioned but featherweight. Read full review
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