Laurence Anyways
Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: June 28, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJun 20, 2013
It takes cojones for a filmmaker to chase Fassbinder's ghost, but it takes heart and talent to damn near catch up with it. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 27, 2013
A big, beautiful, rambling immersion in a passion whose heat is fueled primarily by its impossibility. Read full review
90
NPRTomas HachardJun 27, 2013
Laurence Anyways flows naturally, both thematically and stylistically, from Dolan's previous movies; here, though, he succeeds more than ever at incorporating his visual idiosyncrasies into the narrative. In "I Killed My Mother" and even more so in "Heartbeats," the director's long slow-motion sequences and overbearing, eclectic soundtracks could feel like crutches, overused particularly during characters' moments of vulnerability. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 26, 2013
For once in a Dolan film, an actor upstages the camera moves. That’s a promising precedent, as well as a hint that artistic adulthood won’t spoil this hotdogging prodigy. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 18, 2013
Laurence Anyways is like a big, ornate, overstuffed pillow of a movie. It’s attractive and comfortable, even if there’s just too much of it. Read full review
80
Village VoiceCalum MarshJun 25, 2013
The film expresses, with much style and sophistication (if, at nearly three hours, perhaps an overabundance of both), the personal tragedy of love torn apart, of watching helplessly as your life crashes hard into another's but fails to stick. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJun 25, 2013
Forgive this film its marvelous moodiness — someone needs to go there once in a while. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid HughesApr 15, 2013
It's hard to imagine that the prodigiously gifted Dolan is still in his early twenties. This is another work of marvellous maturity and assurance. Read full review
80
Total FilmJames MottramApr 15, 2013
Dolan never flinches across this bold, brassy piece; it’s confidently directed, stylishly shot, passionately acted and evocatively scored. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comOlivia ColletteJun 21, 2013
A gifted writer, Dolan likes to give his characters poignant mouthfuls, and you can tell the actors revel in his language. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnApr 15, 2013
The movie contains an epic scope that feels out of sync with the smallness of its plot; you get the idea by the first act and then Laurence's world simply hangs there for another two hours like a slo-mo shrug. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthApr 15, 2013
Unwieldy and unkempt but both moving and dizzying to experience, Laurence Anyways is Dolan's grandest statement yet. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianGrant ButlerApr 15, 2013
It's a remarkably mature achievement Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesStaff [Not Credited]Jul 3, 2013
At nearly three hours, it's by turns an extraordinary and exhausting work. Read full review
70
VarietyRob NelsonApr 15, 2013
The clearest achievement of Dolan’s typically self-indulgent eye-popper comes in equating its gender-bending protagonist’s metamorphoses with those in any relationship that lasts for years. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonApr 15, 2013
Even if the story grates in places, Laurence Anyways is perfectly enjoyable as an immersive orgy of pure sensory pleasure. Read full review
63
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJun 28, 2013
At nearly three hours, it’s entirely too long, needlessly padded out with an intrusive interview-framing device. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyApr 15, 2013
In a contest between passion and pretension, Laurence Anyways reaches a kind of draw. What holds up here isn’t Dolan’s overly decorative filmmaking, but what he gets from his performers. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 15, 2013
It goes on for ever without getting properly started: an epic of depthless self-indulgence. Read full review
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