Marie's Story
Film Movement | Release Date: May 1, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostSara StewartApr 29, 2015
Marie’s Story will feel familiar, which is mostly a tribute to the enduring power of Helen Keller’s biography. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijApr 28, 2015
Based on a true story that's perhaps less famous than some others but just as intriguing, this serious-minded — no Helen Keller jokes, please — period film is nonetheless quite entertaining and, finally, moving. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 28, 2015
A quarter-century ago, such an assured, emotionally satisfying French offering as this could have done significant business in the States, the way films like “Jean de Florette” once did. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMarsha McCreadieApr 28, 2015
To play Marie today, Améris found the non-actor Ariana Rivoire at the Institute for the Deaf. And Rivoire is a revelation — showing what it's like to be in, and then break out of, a world of total darkness and silence. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMay 28, 2015
At its most provocative, it suggests a tension between spirit and flesh in the nun's maternal feelings. Rather than examine that friction, Améris pushes the narrative in predictable directions. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 21, 2015
The movie by Jean-Pierre Améris milks the tears in the home stretch, making little effort to hold the melodrama at bay. The result is a story that everyone can feel great about feeling terrible about. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 30, 2015
Though based on a remarkable true story, this clichéd tear-jerker is barely interested in Marguerite’s revolutionary teaching methods, focusing instead on the intensity of her connection to Marie. Read full review
50
The DissolveMike D'AngeloApr 28, 2015
Anyone who’s seen The Miracle Worker in any form will find Marie’s Story very familiar, and even perhaps a bit rote. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineClayton DillardApr 26, 2015
The film is unable to specify narrative urgency beyond a broad sense of "based on a true story" pathos that's by turns hollowly uplifting and tragic. Read full review
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