Seberg
Amazon Studios | Release Date: December 13, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
15
Negative:
3
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90
TimeStephanie ZacharekAug 30, 2019
The picture is potent and engaging; even its fictionalized elements ring with the spirit of truth. And Stewart is off the charts, though that’s hardly a surprise. Read full review
88
ObserverRex ReedDec 14, 2019
Under the careful guidance of Australian director Benedict Andrews, Kristen Stewart’s Jean is a doomed star emerging in the center ring of her own drama, distinctive and refined, with an elegant mask that fails to cover the twitching nerve beneath the surface that feels like it’s always on the verge of exploding. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyAug 30, 2019
The luminous Kristen Stewart keeps you glued throughout, giving a coolly compelling performance that becomes steadily more poignant as the subject unravels. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 25, 2020
With Stewart, we arrive at the only saving grace of Seberg, but a genuine saving grace. She is the only reason to see the movie, but she’s a really good reason. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 12, 2019
A flawed and fascinating film about fame and martyrdom. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony LaneDec 9, 2019
If the story of Jean Seberg is one of the more wretched footnotes in the chronicle of fame, that’s all the more reason to treasure those occasions, onscreen, when she was not a victim — when she bore herself, and whatever pains she harbored, with mastery and grace. Read full review
70
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganAug 30, 2019
Seberg somehow manages to pull off a tricky combination of radical politics, inter-racial sex and Hollywood tragedy while styling Stewart in Chanel. It’s quite a balancing act, but this is a film in which the story is just about strong enough to pull that heavy cart along. Read full review
70
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeAug 30, 2019
While director Andrews, most known for his stage work, doesn’t always know how to lift this story beyond banal biopic choices, he’s certainly tapped into something special with Stewart, who continues to reveal new layers with each film. Read full review
67
Original-CinKim HughesFeb 27, 2020
As much a showcase for Kristen Stewart and the fabulous frocks of the 1960s as a glimpse at a very low moment in U.S. governmental history, Seberg is an entertaining if simplistic drama that would have benefited from more grit and less gloss. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 21, 2020
The chief problem with Seberg, as is often the case with biopics, is that the filmmakers never really find the character underlying the historical figure. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJan 12, 2020
This portrait of a woman pushed to breaking point coheres around a fine, friable performance from Kristen Stewart. Read full review
60
Rolling StonePeter TraversDec 13, 2019
In Seberg, Kristen Stewart gives a fully-inhabited, body-and-soul performance as a Hollywood casualty pushed beyond the limit. It’s such a stellar turn that she almost redeems this well-meaning but wobbly biopic — which earns points for trying to do her justice. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonDec 12, 2019
Like Seberg, too, Ms. Stewart is able to distinguish herself when encumbered by fairly feeble material. That said, Seberg is a bit much to ask of anyone. Read full review
58
The PlaylistStephanie WattsSep 1, 2019
With exquisite costume design, cinematography and a talented supporting cast, there’s plenty to admire in Seberg. However, the film’s sprawling and unwieldy narrative is ultimately what hinders it, leaving a drama that focuses in on a single person somehow feeling shallow and impersonal. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiFeb 26, 2020
Stewart (per usual) is the best thing about the film. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartFeb 19, 2020
The intriguing story behind Seberg and the always-interesting Kristen Stewart promised greatness. But this biopic squanders both; it’s a bland period piece with an irritating lack of focus. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePat BrownDec 12, 2019
Throughout, the filmmakers occlude the most fascinating and potentially powerful elements of Jean Seberg’s history. Read full review
50
The Film StageChristopher SchobertSep 11, 2019
Seberg never quite makes the case for its own existence, nor does it demonstrate to the audience why its protagonist’s political beliefs were so revolutionary. Read full review
50
VarietyGuy LodgeAug 30, 2019
Every time it threatens to truly pierce the psyche of its subject, played with typically intriguing, elusory intelligence by Kristen Stewart, the more ordinary mechanics of the movie she’s serving get in the way. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 30, 2019
Sometimes clever, often clumsy, and virtually always denying Kristen Stewart the space required to breathe new life into the film’s namesake, Seberg feels off-balance from almost the moment it starts. Read full review
40
The Irish TimesTara BradyJan 22, 2020
The beats ought to form a more compelling narrative than they do. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 9, 2020
The film never quite rings true. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleDec 12, 2019
Stewart is enough of a force to give Seberg’s darkest moments their due, but it’s too little, too late for the superficial soup that is the movie that bears her name. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 2, 2019
Superficiality soaks the entire film. Read full review
40
The GuardianXan BrooksAug 30, 2019
It tells us that Seberg was wronged and that she looked really great in a bra – and not necessarily in that order. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 29, 2020
The script veers away from history with its whole “agent with a conscience” balderdash. The crazed partner Vaughn plays is straight out of bad melodrama. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 26, 2020
Most problematic of all is the character of fictional FBI Agent Jack Solomon (Jack O’Connell), who is tasked with leading the surveillance and digging up dirt on Seberg and becomes deeply conflicted about his job. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloDec 13, 2019
Although Kristen Stewart pulls off Seberg’s short haircut, she hardly embodies any of the presence or persona of the French New Wave “It” girl. Stewart’s monotonous delivery makes her character sound uninterested and bored. Read full review
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