Spinster
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): August 7, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Original-CinKim HughesAug 6, 2020
Spinster adds up to more than the sum of its parts, even if its primary takeaway — a woman doesn’t need a man to be happy and/or successful, yada yada — is hardly ground-breaking. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 6, 2020
Spinster isn’t a particularly visually arresting film, nor is it bursting with memorable and colorful supporting players. It’s simply an effective vehicle for Chelsea Peretti to expand upon her smart/cynical persona to include some genuine heart and likability as well. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeAug 6, 2020
Andrea Dorfman’s thoughtful little film arrives at a compromise that feels honest and hard-won — helped along by the infectious, defiantly offbeat presence of erstwhile “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Chelsea Peretti. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmAug 7, 2020
If anything, the picture is a touch too benign for its own good, though it does earn enough laughs to warrant a recommendation, at least in its first third. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinAug 6, 2020
It’s as inoffensive and pleasant as a primetime sitcom, although a bit more bite — and interest in food, given the heroine’s profession — might have added some plausibility and verisimilitude. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandAug 13, 2020
The film’s inherent messiness and unpredictability eventually settles into more expected charms, but Spinster is at its most appealing when leaning into the very ideas it seemed hellbent on rejecting early on. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAug 7, 2020
While Spinster works well enough as a showcase for Peretti’s talents, Dorfman never matches the power of her star. With a bare-bones production design and most of its scenes blocked in a pedestrian manner, Spinster looks like a TV show that simply goes on too long. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 6, 2020
It’s easy enough to sit through, but the entire affair is more deflating than heartening. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonAug 6, 2020
What’s increasingly bewildering and perversely curious is how unpleasant Spinster is, in almost every regard: The lighting is atrocious, the framing is erratic and Ms. Peretti’s comedy, which is generally about demolishing the banalities that constitute most human interaction, may well have the audience saying, “Well, of course Gaby’s alone. She’s intolerable.” Read full review
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