Lee
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: September 27, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
14
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 30, 2024
Despite a terrific performance by Kate Winslet and some powerful moments during the film’s final third, Lee falls into the bio-pic trap of trying to encapsulate too much of a famous person’s life into a two-hour chunk. Read full review
100
ObserverRex ReedSep 30, 2024
Filmed in England, Hungary and Croatia, Lee is a vivid and unforgettable tribute to one of the bold women who devoted her life to the penetration of male dominance to change the way we see the world. Don’t even think about missing it. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 27, 2024
Winslet is convincingly flinty, uncompromising and American in the part, a feminist in the truest traditional sense of the word. Excellent supporting cast aside, she’s the reason to see “Lee,” a one woman argument for why what Lee Miller documented and how she documented it mattered in a movie that honors her memory, and the memories that haunted her to the end of her days. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNell MinowSep 27, 2024
Kuras understands the unique position of the photographer as intrusive but unobtrusive, sensitive enough to see where the story is but removed enough to maintain observer status. However, as for more about who she was, Miller stays frustratingly out of focus. Read full review
80
The New York TimesLisa KennedySep 27, 2024
“Lee” feeds the desire to seek out more of her images. Winslet’s performance demands that we consider the force behind the camera. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 26, 2024
This is a penetrating biopic, and while it may take a familiar shape, the pioneering woman at the center was anything but traditional. Read full review
83
Original-CinLiam LaceySep 26, 2024
These questionable narrative kinks aside, Lee still features one of the year-to-date’s best performances, honouring a woman who needs to be remembered, along with a sober consideration of the roles of women in wartime. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 26, 2024
As you can image, there are scenes that elicit shock and outrage, even after all these decades. However, it does make for a Familiar Viewing experience, as virtually every sequence in this impressively mounted and well-photographed docudrama is straight out of the standard-issue biopic playbook. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSep 24, 2024
Still, “Lee,” based on Antony Penrose’s biography of his mother, “The Lives of Lee Miller,” is an interesting look at an artist whose true importance, unfortunately, became apparent only many years after her death. Read full review
85
Paste MagazineNadira Begum Sep 24, 2024
Kuras avoids fashioning Lee as a generic war biopic by using Miller’s life story as a means through which to explore the myriad experiences of women during war. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 16, 2024
Not surprisingly given Kuras’s background as a cinematographer, Lee is largely visually driven. Read full review
70
VarietyCarlos AguilarNov 16, 2023
Even at her character’s most vulnerable, the Oscar-winning actor presents Lee with an edge of defensiveness, her guard never fully down, likely tied to a traumatic event in childhood. Read full review
90
Film ThreatAndy HowellSep 29, 2023
Lee is beautiful, daring, and elusive, as all great art should be. It’s a fitting tribute to a woman whose work exhibited the same qualities. Read full review
75
The Film StageChristopher SchobertSep 11, 2023
In many ways Lee is a perfect festival crowd-pleaser––handsomely made, well-acted, based on a true story, filled with recognizable stars. While it is not a great film, it is undoubtedly a good one, and that’s enough to warrant a recommendation. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeSep 10, 2023
The first feature film from cinematographer Ellen Kuras is a satisfyingly textured portrait of a remarkable and unusual woman, who had an almost Zelig-like gift for bearing witness to key moments in history. Read full review
80
BBCCaryn JamesSep 10, 2023
The war scenes speak loudly on their own, with no need to add dramatic emphasis. Alexandre Desplat's score matches that style, with a subtle, piercing beauty. If the first half of Lee had been as dazzlingly effective as the second, it might have been a great film instead of a very good one. Read full review
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