Sally
National Geographic Documentary Films | Release Date: June 16, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJun 16, 2025
Utilizing plentiful archival footage, contemporary commentary, recent interview observations from people who were there and some dramatized recreation, director Cristina Costantini gets some sly laughs, edged with appropriate anger, out of the sexist mindsets Ride deftly steered her career through in the 1970s and ’80s. Read full review
85
Film ThreatEthan PadgettJun 18, 2025
Sally is a perfect portrait of an American icon, proving that anyone can achieve their dreams with passion and grit. Read full review
80
VarietyLisa KennedyJun 18, 2025
While Ride and O’ Shaughnessy never wed. Her candor here marries a spectacular professional saga with the personal love story convincingly. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesJun 18, 2025
Without for a minute undermining Ride’s importance, this clear-eyed film doesn’t sugarcoat her sometimes prickly personality. Read full review
75
IndieWireKate ErblandJun 18, 2025
Yes, Ride’s life was rife with tensions, both personal and professional. So how do we build a film around that? Carefully. Perhaps too carefully. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSherin NicoleJun 17, 2025
With “SALLY,” Costantini delivers a doc that speaks to the heart and goals of someone who redefined what it means to break barriers. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 18, 2025
Sally, a welcome but unadventurous documentary about the astronaut Sally Ride (who died in 2012), wraps a risk-taking personality inside a risk-averse package. Read full review
50
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanJan 30, 2025
Does great justice to an extraordinary astronaut and reluctant icon, but also repeats the error made so often by media of Ride's era, in centering other people’s perspectives over her own. Read full review
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