Love and Diane
Women Make Movies | Release Date: April 16, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The movie is a portrait, not a polemic -- but I can't imagine an attentive viewer leaving Love & Diane without increased understanding and concern with regard to inner-city life. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneLoren King
One of the most searing, heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant mother/daughter stories ever put on film. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Riveting family portrait. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderJosh Katzman
Dworkin unobtrusively uses small moments to build an engrossing story of courage and hope most narrative films can't match. Read full review
90
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
From first shot to last, Dworkin's movie is a continuously absorbing, sometimes revelatory, frequently moving experience; as documentary filmmaking it's not only amazingly intimate but also characterized by an unexpected lyricism. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen Holden
What lifts the film above many other high-minded documentaries dealing with poverty and the welfare cycle is this filmmaker's astounding empathy for both Diane and Love. Read full review
90
SalonLaura Miller
An epic documentary...as rich and teeming as a Balzac novel. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Harrowingly straightforward. Read full review
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Dworkin, having led viewers so deeply into her subjects' lives, resists coercing them into any pat conclusions. We're left to wonder about Love and Diane -– and root for them -– on our own. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Extraordinary documentary. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Tremendous emotional force and uncompromising honesty. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Emerges as an improbably hopeful tribute to the human spirit. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It is a movie about the real challenge of heroism. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
You are left with two emotions - despair and hope - after watching producer-director Jennifer Dworkin's disquieting documentary. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Amazing... There are only a finite number of filmmakers with the devotion, patience and ability to tease out these stories. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJanice Page
fully devotes itself to painting a family portrait seldom allowed such rich cinematic detail. Read full review
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