In the Name of My Daughter
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: May 8, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
9
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2
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88
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMay 21, 2015
A fascinating, suspenseful story about obsessive love, money, the Mafia, and murder. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubAdam NaymanMay 13, 2015
Like any good prosecutor, Téchiné gives us enough information to render a verdict without bullying us into agreement. His gift to his viewers is the space to think for ourselves. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsGraham FullerMay 15, 2015
Best of all is Deneuve, who brilliantly justifies her position as French cinema's First Lady. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 21, 2015
This is a deluxe French film, longer than usual, with strong performances by French cinema mainstays Catherine Deneuve and Guillaume Canet and a movie-stealing turn from relative newcomer Adele Haenel, who has become a major French actress in just the past couple of years. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedMay 13, 2015
It’s a high-class thriller without a single goose bump, but between the mother, the daughter, the lawyer, the Mafia, and the investors determined to separate Renée from her money and power, there’s enough material to juggle several balls in the air at the same time. Read full review
70
The DissolveMike D'AngeloMay 6, 2015
These characters are so richly drawn, and inhabit such a precise milieu, that they deserved a less perfunctory, anticlimactic fate. The truth will allegedly set us free, but it often puts filmmakers in chains. Read full review
67
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMay 28, 2015
When the movie shifts gears, coming forward almost 30 years, Maurice becomes less interesting – and so does the picture. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 22, 2015
This is Téchiné’s seventh film featuring Deneuve, and it’s not one of the better ones. (The best is probably 1986’s “Scene of the Crime.”) Still, it has its true-crime fascinations, and, until its misbegotten 30-year flash-forward to Maurice’s trial, it has a silky allure of sun-kissed depravity. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMay 15, 2015
Those looking for a courtroom drama or the emotional tugging that might result from a mother’s 30-year fight to get justice for her daughter will find little to chew on here. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardMay 4, 2015
This adaptation is to concerned with narrative fidelity and formal objectivity to pierce the veil of power dynamics that largely comprises the film's concerns. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelMay 21, 2015
Téchiné's fidelity to the facts delivers a disappointing denouement to an intriguing character study. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMay 14, 2015
None of it is quite satisfying, especially when old-age makeup takes center stage. But striking moments develop along the way, jolts of weird joy and melancholy as menace gathers under the Mediterranean sun. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldMay 14, 2015
Mr. Téchiné ’s methodical storytelling covers more narrative ground than the drama requires, sapping the film’s energy. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonGeoff AndrewMay 13, 2015
The performances are solid, even if the age difference between the two female leads may strike some as a little disconcerting. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryMay 21, 2015
In the Name of My Daughter has good intentions of taking a sensationalistic riddle and turning it into a human story. But the pendulum ultimately swings too far, leaving an explosive tale behind in favor of one that fizzles out. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonMay 21, 2015
It doesn’t help that the characters caught up in this fact-based melodrama aren’t particularly engaging. Or that Téchiné doesn’t seem to have much of a feel for the material. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMay 20, 2015
Unfortunately, the film is as bloodless as its purported crime. In the Name of My Daughter is presented dispassionately, and the performances neither intrigue nor captivate. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 7, 2015
A mobster movie without whackings, a thriller without suspense and a courtroom drama without resolution, this turgid retelling of an unsolved missing-persons case functions mostly as a portrait of a young woman who loved too passionately and the manipulative creep incapable of reciprocating her affections. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 7, 2015
Techine's last screen retelling of a sensational tabloid case, The Girl on the Train, was sly, illusive and seductive. This one is just inert. Read full review
38
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMay 28, 2015
More disappointing than the film’s inertia and amorphousness is its sacrifice of the real-world themes of class, money, corruption, and power. Unable to decide what story he wanted to tell, Téchiné hedges his bets and loses everything. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 26, 2015
Lacking a smoking gun, this Riviera-set crime thriller lacks both thrills and convincing evidence of a crime. “Poetic license” or not, that doesn’t add up to an engrossing film. Read full review
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