Rosemead
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: December 5, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
ColliderLuna GuthrieDec 5, 2025
Rosemead is an absorbing and thoroughly heartbreaking movie that deals blow after grievous blow to its audience, and Lucy Liu is just astounding. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDec 15, 2025
Enough can’t be said about Liu’s astonishing, naturalistic turn. She’s a physical marvel here, making herself as small and inconspicuous — yet also as quietly resolute — as her complex character requires. Read full review
75
Original-CinLiam LaceyJan 7, 2026
In a streaming universe glutted with accounts of bizarre and brutal crimes, Rosemead risks being just another example of the terrible things that people do and have done to them. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonDec 5, 2025
The film does not offer excuses for violence, and neither should we; instead, it prompts reflection on where compassion and control are needed and where the pursuit of them falters. Read full review
75
The Travers TakePeter TraversNov 21, 2025
Lucy Liu deglams with a vengeance to give the performance of her life in a shocking true story of a mother-son relationship that goes tragically off the rails. Read full review
70
Screen RantTodd GilchristDec 23, 2025
Thanks to Liu as both performer and producer, Rosemead not only earns its place among those films’ superlative ranks, but achieves a surprisingly powerful balance between intimate cultural authenticity and urgent, universal relevance. Read full review
70
The New York TimesLisa KennedyDec 4, 2025
In its march toward resolution, “Rosemead” never falters in its compassion, and asks the same of us. Read full review
40
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiDec 4, 2025
However depressing 'Rosemead' is, and it’s depressing in all italics, it’s just not deep enough to make running this gauntlet worthwhile. Read full review
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