Sadie
| Release Date: October 12, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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88
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldOct 8, 2018
Its honesty and power makes it feel large; you live among these characters in their weary trailer park, aching for them. Read full review
83
The Film StageJohn FinkOct 8, 2018
Sadie is a grim and moving character study grounded by exceptional performances. Read full review
80
VarietyJoe LeydonOct 8, 2018
Equal parts coming-of-age story and slow-burn thriller, writer-director Megan Griffiths’ quietly absorbing and methodically disquieting drama is a genuine rarity: a sympathetic portrait of a budding sociopath. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshOct 11, 2018
While the pace of “Sadie” meanders and is often a bit pokey, the excellent cast, including Danielle Brooks as Carla, the local bartender and Rae’s best friend, brings your attention fully to the dramatic goings-on in this tiny community. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDerek SmithOct 8, 2018
Sadie remains a clear-eyed portrait of maternal love, teenage turmoil, and the singular type of tight-knit bonds formed, out of necessity in many cases, in low-income communities. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 6, 2018
Director Griffiths never lets reality slip too far beyond her film’s grasp, though the sexual complications, all of them, play like melodramatic conventions, some less organic than others. She’s still delivered a convincing portrait of a world and how its limited horizons shape those who might never escape it. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 9, 2018
The film suffers from overly melodramatic plotting in the final act that feels contrived. It's far more effective in its quieter, more observational moments. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 8, 2018
Schloss compellingly combines the rangy wildness of hormonal teenagehood with Sadie’s more terrifying instincts, toeing the line between pissed-off teen and possible psychopath with ease. Her Sadie is both brutally dead-eyed and weirdly charismatic; you simply can’t turn away from her, even when you really, really want to. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyOct 12, 2018
The gloomy turns in her film accumulate to such an extreme outcome in the end that you inevitably start raising your eyebrows to the contrived narrative. In that, Sadie shares its protagonist’s most defining attribute — a frustratingly manipulative nature. Read full review
50
Film Journal InternationalBudd WilkinsOct 11, 2018
Griffiths never quite manages to convincingly shoehorn her loftier themes into the modest narrative, resulting in some disconcerting tonal dissonances. Read full review
50
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiOct 11, 2018
Lynskey and Schloss are well matched as mother and daughter, and Griffiths builds a relationship between them as this far-from-innocent teenager navigates her world. That rough journey is worth watching even when this film falls short. Read full review
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