Maidentrip
First Run Features | Release Date: January 17, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
87
Film.comDavid EhrlichJan 16, 2014
An instantly and enduringly compelling documentary. Read full review
83
The PlaylistKatie WalshJan 17, 2014
Maidentrip ends up being not necessarily about the amazing feat that Dekker accomplished, it’s about finding one’s true self, and enjoying the ride along the way. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJan 16, 2014
Director Jillian Schlesinger’s documentary does a terrific job countering everyone’s assumptions. Maidentrip is a clear-eyed chronicle of Dekker’s record-breaking voyage. Think “All Is Lost,” but real, and with a teenage girl instead of Robert Redford (plus a very different ending). Read full review
80
Time OutKeith UhlichJan 14, 2014
The real beauty of Maidentrip is how it downplays the go-for-glory aspect of the tale (this adolescent mariner’s aim is to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world) to focus on more earthly matters like the isolation and loneliness of the voyage or the lingering effects of the divorce that irrevocably shaped Dekker’s life. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaJan 17, 2014
Some have compared Maidentrip to a young female version of Robert Redford's "All Is Lost". But in Dekker's case, all seems to be found. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartJan 16, 2014
What the film lacks in plot twists it makes up for in sheer amazement. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaJan 13, 2014
A coming-of-age journey of self-realization, made immensely more involving by virtue of being seen through its subject's first-person perspective. Read full review
70
The DissolveScott TobiasJan 14, 2014
Dekker knows who she is, what she wants to do, and how to get it done, and Maidentrip wisely sails off the tailwinds of her confidence and boundless curiosity. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenNov 4, 2013
Jillian Schlesinger’s first feature, made in collaboration with Dekker and composed largely of footage that the hardy adventurer shot herself, is both low-key and lyrical as it focuses on the mundane and the magnificent. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJan 22, 2014
After 519 days at sea, Dekker finally achieves her goal...and decides to keep sailing, only this time with a hunky boy as her mate. If I were her parents, I wouldn't have signed off on that, either. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJan 16, 2014
Before our eyes, Laura’s lengthening limbs and deepening introspection become the point of a movie that begins with a child and ends with a young woman. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael NordineJan 14, 2014
Schlesinger seems in such a rush to guide us to the end unscathed that she sometimes loses sight of the small details that make this journey unique. Read full review
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