Mrs. Lowry & Son
Vertigo Releasing | Release Date: November 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 30, 2019
If often sad and unsettling, the film is also livelier and less oppressive than it may sound thanks to the fine writing, deft direction by Adrian Noble, and the superb, if painful interplay between Redgrave and Spall. Read full review
60
Film ThreatAlex SavelievOct 29, 2019
Mrs. Lowry and Son has an appealing old-school charm and two performances that make it worth seeing. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 1, 2019
An entertaining showcase for two first-class performers. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNov 1, 2019
Unless you are a L.S. Lowry fan of the highest order, the only reason to sit through Mrs. Lowry & Son is to watch actors as strong as Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave going toe-to-toe for 90 minutes. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 1, 2019
As a two-hander it has some tension and promise. Read full review
40
Time OutAlice SavilleSep 1, 2019
An uneventful, overly stuffy approach to a painter who, as this mother continually tells us, was considered outlandishly strange. Read full review
40
CineVueJamie NeishSep 1, 2019
Spall and Redgrave are both magnificent, rising above the material in a way only talented actors can. One wonders what they could have done with more interesting and passionate material. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerSep 1, 2019
Despite the formidable talents of Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave, Mrs Lowry & Son doesn’t really get under the skin of the artist or the man, resulting in a film as dreary as Pendlebury’s colourless skies. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 1, 2019
What starts out as a flinty portrait of the influence of a domineering mother over her unworldly son soon loses momentum. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 31, 2019
The disappointment of Mrs. Lowry & Son is that it finds neither of its star attractions at the peak of their powers: Both Spall and Redgrave feel stifled and stiff-jointed, hemmed in by a thin, shallow-focus script that betrays its origins as a radio play all too easily. Read full review
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