Juliet, Naked
Lionsgate | Release Date: August 17, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
12
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Original-CinKaren GordonSep 3, 2018
Yes, it’s a formula and we’ve been here before. But the characters are engaging, the performances elevate the material, and the various dilemmas of each gives this more layers than you might expect. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAug 16, 2018
A charming film of an engaging, adult nature about two very different people trying to press reset in their lives, it is comic, heartfelt and smart as they come — a rare combination these days. Read full review
85
Film Journal InternationalKevin LallyAug 16, 2018
Endearing and funny but with a melancholy edge, Juliet, Naked is more than just a rom-com—it’s a movie for and about adults, in all their messy complexity. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerAug 24, 2018
One of the bright sidelights to Juliet, Naked is the bemused way it deals with the crazy-making ramifications of hero worship. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattAug 14, 2018
Much like the book, the plot is essentially a wisp, and Byrne is far too luminous for her sad-sack role. But Juliet still feels winning; the small, sweet grace note on a familiar melody. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeNov 8, 2018
Byrne and Hawke, both easygoing, naturalistic performers at their best when they barely seem to be acting, have an utterly persuasive connection. Read full review
80
Vanity FairRichard LawsonAug 21, 2018
Hawke and Byrne have a nice chemistry, handling an offbeat and initially epistolary romance with wary sweetness. Juliet, Naked is surprising in its emotional contours, hitting familiar beats from different angles or, occasionally, taking the story in wholly unexpected directions. Read full review
80
Village VoiceApril WolfeAug 16, 2018
Juliet, Naked has its charms, and they are named Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
It’s everything a mainstream rom-com should be but no longer is — literate, unpredictable, full of bustling tangents. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiAug 29, 2018
The film has a lot to say, but it thankfully does it in a manner that is natural, gentle, and if you will, authentic. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 3, 2018
An unevenly paced but ultimately winning romantic comedy, Juliet, Naked is the latest success based on a Hornby novel, joining "Brooklyn," "High Fidelity," "About a Boy," and "Fever Pitch." Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldAug 31, 2018
As rom-coms go, it’s pretty much everything you want, even if it’s not quite distinctive enough to linger. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAug 30, 2018
Open-hearted and sure to resonate with more than a few viewers, Juliet, Naked roms and coms in the most charmingly honest ways. Read full review
75
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonAug 30, 2018
You could call Juliet, Naked a romantic comedy, and you could probably predict with some accuracy how the relationships play out. But it's the details here that count, and they paint a substantive and truthful picture of middle age, and the way it is acquainted with regret and failure. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrAug 29, 2018
The cast — Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, comic sad sack Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids,” “The Sapphires”) — is in a higher weight class than the material and, rather than be dragged down into formula, they raise the movie up to the nearly scintillating. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 25, 2018
Juliet, Naked is very like a Hornby novel in that it’s irresistible and appealing and full of tenderness and idiosyncrasy, and yet when you try to tell people what was so great about it, you can’t do it justice. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 21, 2018
Described as a “98-minute diversion” by producers at a recent screening, the romantic comedy is just that: a sweet-tart confection that, like lemon sorbet, cleanses a palate gone sour from too many cinematic servings of the heavy stuff. Read full review
75
The Associated PressLindsey BahrAug 16, 2018
The film buzzes along with introspective conversations, all-too human moments, a terrific soundtrack with everyone from Marianne Faithfull to The Pretenders, and a few delightfully awkward scenes that really drive home the whole “don’t meet your idols” conceit. Read full review
75
The Film StageDan Mecca
There is a quality to these performances and an earnestness to the filmmaking that’s more than enough to recommend. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 23, 2018
Byrne is a delight. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen Gleiberman
It’s a winsome screwball love story that grows on you and takes you somewhere charming. Read full review
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