Five Nights in Maine
FilmRise | Release Date: August 5, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 4, 2016
Maris Curran had plenty of opportunities to insert a cheesy plot twist into “Five Nights in Maine,” her delicate drama about loss and its aftermath. Yet she stayed true to her intentions, and the result is a believable character study that may not draw crowds but certainly challenges its two lead actors. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniAug 4, 2016
An extremely delicate, quiet, and stunningly understated chamber piece. Read full review
63
ObserverRex ReedAug 3, 2016
Five Nights in Maine is too inconsequential to spend money on in a major release, which, I predict, will be brief. Read full review
60
TheWrapRuss FischerAug 5, 2016
Restraint is a good impulse when dealing with such a simple story of grief, and Curran’s approach does lead to good incidental visions of each character’s devastated state. Yet Five Nights in Maine is as frustrating as it is mannered; we never see these characters truly engaging the pain they clearly feel. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAbbey BenderAug 4, 2016
Five Nights in Maine may leave audiences wanting more grounding in the husband-wife/mother-daughter drama that is a constant, foggy presence, but the raw confusion and sadness associated with great loss shines through. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAug 3, 2016
Five Nights In Maine’s grieving has a short-story quality, and many movies would do well to follow that model. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesMiriam Di NunzioAug 4, 2016
Curran’s script never digs deep enough. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerJul 8, 2016
Attempting to naturalistically capture the hugely internal process of mourning, but rarely managing to offer much of an opening into that process, Curran’s tasteful, challenging yet ultimately inscrutable debut feature never quite lives up to the caliber of her fine cast. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 25, 2016
Five Nights gives us only about two nights worth of movie, and far less to chew on than the stingy-with-story director would have us believe. Read full review
42
The Film StageTony HindsAug 4, 2016
A pensively maudlin Hallmark commercial, if such a thing exists, Five Nights In Maine aspires to the levels of high-minded, heart-wrenching tearjerkery, and falls short. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAug 4, 2016
The dreary postmortem drama Five Nights in Maine is barely kept afloat by the gravitas of dueling leads David Oyelowo and Dianne Wiest. Read full review
40
The GuardianNigel M SmithAug 4, 2016
Her two exceptional stars do their best to convey their animosity via simmering glances. But in the end, Curran’s muted approach does them no favors. Instead of being boldly subtle, Five Nights in Maine just comes off as evasive. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschJul 8, 2016
This lugubrious indie drama is affecting in parts but never gels into a satisfying whole. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 8, 2016
Rather than being insightful or candid, Five Nights mostly feels inconsequential — an intriguing, uneven narrative experiment more than a fully satisfying story. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonAug 5, 2016
Five Nights in Maine is as evasive as a corrupt politician. Its coyness about what’s truly in its heart of darkness is either cowardly or lazy, or some measure of both. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayAug 1, 2016
Maris Curran never reconciles the film's impulse to interiority with its weakness for hothouse melodrama. Read full review
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