Reaching for the Moon
Wolfe Video | Release Date: November 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
5
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungNov 11, 2013
It would be hard to find two more contrasting actresses than Otto and Pires, but Barreto plays off their differences in culture and personality. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonApr 15, 2014
The film never works out how to generate genuine dramatic fire from its material. There are convincing performances and decorative retro detail to admire, but the heart needs to beat just that bit faster – and it doesn’t manage that. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeNov 11, 2013
Attention is retained by the commendably unhistrionic leads, who convincingly etch the pair’s enduring devotion even when passions run dry. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoDec 28, 2013
Despite its worthy subject, this feature by veteran Brazilian director Bruno Barreto has a bluntness that's at odds with Bishop's personality and work. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 27, 2013
Everything ultimately gives way to the stately, simplistic, inevitable pace of by-the-numbers biopics, from some woefully tinny, hit-and-run screenwriting to the usual difficulties surrounding the dramatization of an author's craft. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldNov 8, 2013
Ms. Otto conveys a double-edged intelligence as the film’s pinched notion of “Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil,” while Ms. Pires strides about, every snap judgment and grand gesture a measure of her appeal. Both are hemmed in by direction and a screenplay that are relentlessly on point (as well as an off-the-shelf score). Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneNov 7, 2013
Bruno Barreto's insistence that this pass for a product that Hollywood might have spawned smoothens a journey built on sharp edges. Read full review
30
Village VoiceCalum MarshNov 5, 2013
Poetry refracts life; this film can only reflect it, and tritely at that. Read full review
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