My Darling Vivian
The Film Collaborative | Release Date (Streaming): June 19, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
Film ThreatBradley GibsonApr 29, 2020
This is a long-overdue must-see that sets the record straight for a woman whose whole life was glossed over in favor of a more camera-ready tabloid romance. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJun 19, 2020
While the results will obviously not come close to resonating with the public in the manner of “Walk the Line,” My Darling Vivian does an admirable job of recounting the story of a woman who was ultimately far more than just a footnote in someone else’s life. Read full review
88
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 5, 2020
Vivian makes for a fascinating account of the psychological scars of a divorce, born mainly by their reserved, internalizing mother but rippling through to the daughters. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 29, 2020
A welcome corrective to the abridged and widely accepted narrative that dismisses Cash's first marriage as "troubled," My Darling Vivian relates a little-known love story, great in its own right — and immortalized in Cash's first hit, "I Walk the Line." And it offers a nuanced portrait, loving but not fawning, of a complex woman. Read full review
80
VarietyJoe LeydonApr 29, 2020
Deftly illustrating the testimonies with a treasure trove of material — photos, home movies, personal correspondence — provided by the daughters, the filmmakers have fashioned a narrative that begins as a sweet fairly-tale romance, then gradually turns sour. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJun 17, 2020
Riddlehoover's greatest insight is in letting the daughters tell the story. Read full review
72
TheWrapSteve PondApr 29, 2020
My Darling Vivian is an unmistakably loving and sensitive portrait, an imperfect but impassioned attempt to makes the case that the easy Johnny Cash narrative is missing an important figure, that the shadow his legend casts left at least one person in the darkness who ought not to be there. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaJul 14, 2020
The whole point of this illuminating and often moving film is that all of these people have a tale to tell — and one that’s not as simple as Hollywood would have it. Read full review
50
The New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimJun 18, 2020
The film, ultimately, still lacks Liberto’s own sense of agency. Read full review
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