Hearts and Bones
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: November 20, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Screen DailySarah WardNov 17, 2020
An intimate film tackling an expansive subject — the treatment of refugees around the globe, and the way the world processes the traumas that lead to such urgent, widespread immigration — this is a poignant and morally complex drama. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid Michael BrownNov 17, 2020
While the two leads are given every opportunity to impress, it’s the ensemble behind them who give proceedings heart and soul. Read full review
80
VarietyEddie CockrellNov 17, 2020
The intuitive selection of the four leads, and their complex, perceptive playing of the material, is a credit to Lawrence’s deft direction of both veteran and non-professional talent. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakNov 17, 2020
While the film has some heartfelt exchanges of kinship and empathy, however, it is also punctuated by moments of abject despair. This is crucial to a core message that moves beyond the healing power of art towards the entitlement those who make it possess and those who serve as their subjects don’t. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger Moore
Hearts and Bones isn’t particularly graceful in the way it unfolds, and it doesn’t hide one man’s secret well enough or give the other’s the weight it seems to represent. But some very fine acting, a few poignant scenes and a general earnestness carry it off. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorNov 17, 2020
Flirts with becoming a savage indictment of affluent do-gooderism, but finally swerves to land on a vision of fraternity that’s altogether more optimistic. Read full review
60
The GuardianLuke BuckmasterNov 17, 2020
It is a human-oriented drama that builds a thoughtful and contemplative space, empathising with characters grappling with difficult circumstances outside the common experience. It is also the kind of drama you sometimes want to grab and shake to life. Read full review
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