Sublet
Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: June 11, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJun 10, 2021
It’s an evocative film that creeps up on you in unpredictably tender ways, so prepare to shed a tear or two — or three. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJun 16, 2021
Though far from the gold standard of “brief encounter” dramas like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” Sublet nevertheless wins you over with its subtle charm and its mellow depiction of two men forging an unexpected connection. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJun 10, 2021
It’s a gentle, often funny meditation on advancing age and the fragile joys of youth. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 15, 2021
The light and lightly-unsettling charms of Sublet win you over, even if you suspect that Fox has merely added a sexual edge to atone for the political and ethnic strife he’s taken care to avoid. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJun 11, 2021
It isn’t bad, per se, but I just never felt the emotional impact it's clearly hoping to achieve. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 8, 2021
Directed and co-written by Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox, whose films often deal with gay themes, Sublet feels like it’s setting itself up, just a little bit, as a same-sex version of How Stella Got Got Her Groove Back. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDerek SmithJun 6, 2021
Eytan Fox’s film is a low-key observance of two men finding the beauty in each other’s mysteries and contradictions. Read full review
60
VarietyJay WeissbergJun 10, 2021
With two screenwriters (including the director) and three script editors credited, it may be a classic “too many cooks” situation, as the whole structure is as risk-free and standardized as a TV film, though newcomer Niv Nissem provides a freshness that papers over the conventionality of it all. Read full review
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