Memory Box
Playtime | Release Date: August 5, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJan 23, 2022
Hadjithomas and Joreige thoughtfully explore trauma while remaining joyful, animating Maia’s photos, which fizz, crackle and dance to life on screen. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungJan 21, 2022
Among other things, the film is an extremely dense fusion of elements that make up our sense of time and memories, including collages of hundreds of old photos, grainy super 8 footage, notebooks, songs and music, sound bites and newspaper articles. Read full review
80
VarietyJay WeissbergJan 21, 2022
Through an ingenious blend of image and music, Memory Box opens channels that allow our own experience to empathetically blend with those of the characters in a mix of imagination and reality. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinJan 21, 2022
Edited with minute attentiveness, the film switches back and forth between time periods adroitly in a way that always moves the story forward, while the outstanding performances from the whole ensemble, especially the watchful Vauthier and the fierce Issa, anchor the film. Read full review
75
IndieWireJude DryAug 7, 2022
Blurring the lines between past and present, Memory Box floats in and out of two parallel stories, never quite allowing either one to take hold. As the focus shifts from daughter to mother, the audience is caught in the middle. Much like memory itself, the threads never fully coalesce until the very end. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDevika GirishAug 4, 2022
The relationship between mother and daughter is rather thinly etched — there’s a little too much going on in this ambitious, intergenerational film — but Hadjithomas and Joreige deftly use Maia’s archive to weave together past and present. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterJan 21, 2022
As truths are shared, revelations uncovered and reunions achieved, Memory Box becomes a warming tale of truth and reconciliation. Read full review
70
Little White LiesSteph GreenJan 21, 2022
Despite a prioritisation of visual effects over story, Memory Box makes a compelling case for chronicling the big and small parts of your life, if only to share with generations to come. Read full review
67
The Film StageOrla SmithJan 21, 2022
Memory Box is at its strongest in its first half, when Alex steals objects from the box that she’s been forbidden to look at, and her imaginings about her mother’s youth are visualized on screen through mixed media animation. Read full review
60
EmpireSophie Monks KaufmanJan 21, 2022
The marriage of abstract existential themes, immersive, tactile images and dual timelines is always impressive but only occasionally moving. Read full review
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