Magic Hour
Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: May 15, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistStaff (Not Credited)May 15, 2026
With Magic Hour, Aselton and Duplass have again given us something uniquely special. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 22, 2026
Something about “Magic Hour” overcomes its lapses. Perhaps its saving grace is as simple as the fact that it’s unmistakably a pure and sincere statement by a filmmaker who really means it. Read full review
75
IndieWireKate ErblandMay 15, 2026
Written alongside her real-life husband (and fellow filmmaker) Mark Duplass, Aselton has made it clear in press materials that the film, about a loving if troubled married couple (played by Aselton and Daveed Diggs) isn’t explicitly about her actual marriage. But it’s also not not about her and Duplass’ long-running relationship. Still, once you see where Aselton and Duplass’ script takes their characters, the differentiation becomes easier to swallow, if not all the more intriguing. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 13, 2026
The result is a wonderful showcase for Aselton. She has written an emotionally complex role that’s built to provide her a stage with which to let loose, to feel the roller coaster that is life beside another human while enduring fate’s cruel hand. Read full review
70
VarietyStephen SaitoMay 15, 2026
The unexpected formal execution draws the excitement out of what’s mostly a straightforward narrative. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesMay 15, 2026
Sometimes eloquent and often rocky, Magic Hour is good enough to make you wish it was much less predictable. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMay 15, 2026
[Aselton's] excellent playing Erin, despite scenes of questionable worth concocted by the screenwriters. But it’s not enough to save a collection of ideas that never quite cohere. Read full review
50
Next Best PictureEma SasicMay 15, 2026
In the end, Magic Hour is quite a mixed experience. There are plenty of real, raw emotions on the screen and the page, but the screenplay feels too repetitive and surface-level for most of the runtime. Read full review
50
Screen RantAlex HarrisonMay 13, 2026
The central conceit is both interesting and clever, it's often touchingly performed, and it has some ideas that are, when dwelt on, quite profound. But the story is wrapped in a self-consciously "artistic" style that is only rarely additive. More often, it just gets in the way. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanMay 14, 2026
A crafty reveal does not a clever film make, and even at a merciful 80 minutes, the device eventually feels more tired than the sullen Erin, who soldiers on through her suffering. Read full review
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