Funny Boy
ARRAY Releasing | Release Date: December 10, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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91
IndieWireJude DryDec 10, 2020
Funny Boy is a luminous coming-of-age tale seen through the eyes of a relatable yet entirely unique experience. Read full review
75
Original-CinLiam LaceyDec 3, 2020
The urge to find hope in tragedy is as inevitable as the one to recognize shapes in clouds. But Funny Boy leaves an unsettling chasm between this one slender story and the grim history it represents. Read full review
70
Film ThreatAlex SavelievDec 14, 2020
Mehta skillfully navigates both the tender sequences and the more devastating ones. Aided by Howard Shore's rousing musical score, she portrays a beautiful country ripped apart by social violence. Her film serves as an ode to those who either died or were forced into exile for having the courage to express their true identities. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesTracy BrownDec 10, 2020
Director Deepa Mehta ambitiously juxtaposes a teenage love story with rising political tensions and ethnic violence in a film that is ultimately about thriving and sometimes just surviving as someone deemed “different.” Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 16, 2020
Funny Boy is valuable in letting us see this world and this history through different eyes. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Tina HassanniaNov 27, 2020
There is so much going on in this film, much of it so rich in detail, that you wonder how better the original material might work as a television series. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeDec 10, 2020
In the end the story is told rather blandly, the edges sentimentally smoothed down. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comRoxana HadadiDec 10, 2020
Funny Boy falters when trying to link together the personal and political, making for a well-intentioned film that never delivers much depth. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergDec 10, 2020
Mehta’s elaborate long takes contribute to the general sense of tumult, but the film never fully shakes the sense of stating the obvious. Read full review
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