Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): June 17, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
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4
Negative:
0
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100
Washington PostAnn HornadayJun 16, 2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande turns out to be a wise, amusing, unexpectedly touching exploration of human psyches, the bodies that house them and radical self-acceptance — by way of a literate two-hander executed by actors at supreme ease with each other and, by extension, their audience. Read full review
100
ColliderCarly LaneJun 15, 2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande demonstrates that sex can be exciting and humorous and pragmatic and transactional all wrapped up into one. Most importantly, it can also be a connection that doesn't require love to leave both people wholly transformed by the experience. Read full review
100
The PlaylistTomris LafflyJan 24, 2022
The most groundbreaking thing that Hyde and Brand pull off with “Leo Grande” isn’t merely an honest depiction of female sexuality — although that alone would have been enough to make their film a triumph. Rather, the duo goes further and observes an aging woman while she studiously unlearns her long-held beliefs and constraints. Read full review
100
SlashfilmBen PearsonJan 24, 2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a spellbinding piece of filmmaking, an acting masterclass, a celebration of the written word, and a powerful cinematic plea for self-acceptance and self-love. Read full review
90
TimeStephanie ZacharekJun 20, 2022
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande—from Australian director Sophie Hyde, with a script by Katy Brand—is the first great movie, in a long time, for the invisibles. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJun 17, 2022
Everything depends on the feel of the moment, the way the actors look at each other, or listen, or react. Directed by Sophie Hyde, with a script by Katy Brand, these risks more than pay off, and often in very unexpected ways. Read full review
88
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJun 16, 2022
Thompson is truly better than ever and brings to life a complex and evolving person with humor, grace and a sharp edge. McCormack, meanwhile, is a star in the making. And together, the two are magnetic in this wonderfully adult film that is funny, sad, awkward, empowering and illuminating. Read full review
83
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJun 17, 2022
Small as Good Luck to You, Leo Grande may be in its cinematic dimensions, Thompson’s performance is a big one, loquacious and multifaceted and unsparing in its let-it-all-hang-out-there frankness. She’s a marvel. There Read full review
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The A.V. ClubMark KeizerJun 16, 2022
It’s a sexually frank and intimate story told in a pleasingly mainstream manner that avoids greeting card clichés and empty “girl power” posturing. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJan 25, 2022
Thompson is, unsurprisingly, a force: alternately brittle and vulnerable and mordantly witty, her whole body vibrating with a lifetime's worth of sublimated desire. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJun 17, 2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a boundlessly generous and frequently surprising two-hander. Read full review
80
CNNBrian LowryJun 17, 2022
Taking place almost entirely inside a hotel room, it’s a movie bathed in poignance and sweetness as well as sex and longing. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJun 16, 2022
Hyde stages it all with an unfussy elegance that serves the material, and any lingering creakiness is dispelled by Thompson and McCormack, who always seem to be playing people rather than ideological mouthpieces. Read full review
80
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyJun 16, 2022
Empowerment is only one piece of the puzzle, which together forms a refreshingly nuanced portrait of sex work, desire and self-perception. Read full review
80
Little White LiesLeila LatifJun 16, 2022
The story focuses on the mutual gratification the protagonists provide each other, and how two imperfect humans meeting can prove a shared antidote for worldly ills. Read full review
80
The New York TimesLisa KennedyJun 15, 2022
“Leo Grande” proves to be a tart and tender probe into sex and intimacy, power dynamics and human connection. Read full review
80
Time OutEmma SteenJun 14, 2022
Excellent writing by Katy Brand leaves plenty of room for both light-hearted humour and deeply personal moments, with Thompson bringing her A-game and newcomer McCormack matching her. They’re a captivating, unlikely duo. Read full review
80
EmpireHanna FlintJun 14, 2022
Deftly handled direction from Sophie Hyde and a thoroughly impressive dual performance from Emma Thompson 
and Daryl McCormack enlivens an electric script, tackling taboo sexual subjects with wit, flair and welcome realism. Read full review
80
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiJan 25, 2022
Bolstered by fantastic, memorable performances, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is an understated, empowering, and charismatic film that does not disappoint. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinJan 24, 2022
Intimate in every sense, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande represents an affirming, immensely likable British comedy-drama. Read full review
80
VarietyAmy NicholsonJan 24, 2022
McCormack is fantastic in a role so subtle it could appear flatlined and phony if people aren’t playing attention. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 24, 2022
Perhaps Good Luck to You, Leo Grande does not aspire to a piercingly profound analysis of sex and the human condition. It is, however, an amusing, compassionate and humane drama acted and directed with terrific panache. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 16, 2022
Those who don’t appreciate films built on the simple foundation of two characters (mostly) talking for the entire running length aren’t going to enjoy what Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is selling, even if sex underlies nearly every passage of dialogue. The movie is funny at times and touching at others but it’s never especially erotic (nor is it intended to be). Read full review
75
The Film StageDan MeccaJan 26, 2022
Credit to all involved: here’s a story about real humans and real subjects with real emotional stakes. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJan 24, 2022
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a touching little two-hander that does right by its title character even if the lion’s share of the conflict in this audience-friendly charmer hinges on Nancy’s seesawing relationship with herself. Read full review
75
TheWrapMartin TsaiJan 24, 2022
It’s an intimately scaled film that still demands to be seen on the big screen; never once does it leave the impression that it would be best suited for a streaming platform. Hyde’s refined and attentive direction, Bryan Manson’s crystal clear cinematography, and Stephen Rennicks’ sparkling score have done wonders cultivating the sensual tone and texture. Read full review
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Paste MagazineJacob OllerJan 26, 2022
Blessed/cursed with a charmingly unwieldy title (To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar comes to mind), Good Luck to You, Leo Grande can bobble the more dramatic elements of the pair’s professional and personal relationship, but its feel-good story satisfies to completion. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneNina MetzJun 17, 2022
The film is intimate without feeling particularly deep or complicated. Not that it needs to be. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 13, 2022
The characters have enough layers to seem human, fully-formed and in equal measure loveable and contemptible. Read full review
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Slant MagazineWes GreeneJun 13, 2022
The film abounds in honest and at times disarmingly off-the-cuff moments that are borne out of character contrasts. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeJun 20, 2022
None of which is to say that Good Luck to You, Leo Grande isn’t admirably subversive and enjoyably whimsical fare. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJun 17, 2022
As directed by Sophie Hyde, who made the recent Irish film Animals, the picture never fully collapses beneath its own compromises. Credit for that must go to Thompson and McCormack. You get a sense of actors from different generations relishing the opportunity to tug at the ragged screenplay like handsome dogs squabbling over an old blanket. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyJan 24, 2022
Breaking down taboos around our attitudes to sex on screen is a laudable project, and one that the British two-hander Good Luck to You, Leo Grande gets at least half right. Read full review
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Screen DailyWendy IdeJan 24, 2022
Despite a sterling effort from Thompson, neither the comedy nor the character arcs are fully satisfying. Read full review
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