Materna
Utopia | Release Date: August 6, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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75
Original-CinLinda BarnardAug 11, 2021
While Gutnik has assembled a talented cast, the constraints of a 105-minute runtime means the stories feel underdone in places, including anything about that furiously entitled man in the subway. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaAug 12, 2021
As it stands, the glue uniting these women of different ethnicities and backgrounds reads like a failed attempt to carve a more ambitious meaning out of individual stories already brimming with possibility. Read full review
60
VarietyNick SchagerAug 9, 2021
The film is formally beautiful almost to a fault, giving it a schematic quality that’s at odds with its roiling emotions. Read full review
58
The Film StageOrla SmithAug 6, 2021
It’s tempting to blame the broadness of Materna on the short runtimes of each segment, Gutnik and his screenwriters having little time to establish and explore each character’s identity. Read full review
50
IndieWireKristen LopezAug 6, 2021
Materna has some good ideas, but the surrounding landscape feels generic. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyAug 6, 2021
The strongest point Gutnik makes with his film is that we all have a concealed story when we share common spaces in silence. But that sadly isn’t enough of a hook to carry out this scattershot effort. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenAug 3, 2021
Rarely do the filmmakers show people mutually affecting one another in cycles of pain and control, rather than blaming phantom figures. Read full review
42
The PlaylistKristy PuchkoAug 9, 2021
Ultimately, Materna feels like a hodgepodge of half-finished drafts from one-act plays, pompous short films, and dusty first screenplays. Read full review
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