Leonie
Monterey Media | Release Date: March 22, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ObserverRex ReedMar 19, 2013
Leonie is a rich tapestry of cross-cultural revelations, released to the public at last, and a welcome addition to an otherwise dreary movie season. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMar 19, 2013
No matter how great her ambitions, no matter how little she was able to accomplish, thanks to the strictures of her time, here was a woman history remembers simply through the force of her personality and the simple courage it took to be ahead of her time. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn AndersonMar 26, 2013
Played with a strong spine and a resolute lack of charm by Emily Mortimer, Gilmour is a perfect vehicle for Matsui’s agenda, which is clearly a feminist/revisionist celebration of the life of a major artist. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottApr 19, 2013
What Leonie is missing, however -- in its script, in its performances, really in everything about it -- is any hint of sparkle, any sort of compelling hook on which to hang its hat. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghApr 18, 2013
It’s a juicy story squandered by the poor telling. It’s got all the trappings of a good ol’-fashioned Merchant Ivory pic — lush locales, exotic period trappings — but none of the soul. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenApr 11, 2013
As a portrait of female strength and a celebration of the artistic spirit, Leonie too seldom comes fully alive. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMar 19, 2013
Well-shot and sometimes briefly affecting, especially when Mortimer is given a scene that lasts longer then thirty seconds, the film moves too quickly for its many incidents to have much impact, and what limited power it builds is dissipated by mortifying narration. Read full review
30
The New York TimesRachel SaltzMar 21, 2013
Leonie Gilmour was almost certainly unusual and unusually self-reliant. Too bad that the film that bears her name ultimately reduces her to the mother of her child. Read full review
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