Submission
Great Point Media | Release Date: March 2, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMar 8, 2018
Honoring the primacy of language for his characters, Levine deftly reveals the ways they wield it to seduce, attack, manipulate, repress and, occasionally, to communicate. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedMar 20, 2018
A fresh and valiant attempt to breathe some fresh air into the #MeToo movement, Submission is stimulating and intelligently rendered until the final act, when predictability sets in. Read full review
63
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisMar 7, 2018
Submission is not a bad film — it just feels like an early draft. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMar 2, 2018
Tucci is wonderful, but Timlin comes close to eating him up almost as thoroughly as her character does his. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 12, 2018
Levine writes and shoots enough scenes in inventive ways to make this mildly-frustrating melodrama work. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberMar 1, 2018
Despite many script problems, Levine has kept the film tightly coiled and engrossing throughout. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 6, 2018
Like a time-traveler who sets into motion the same fate they’re trying to undo, Submission is so desperate not to become a cliché that it ultimately wastes a golden opportunity to become something more. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 7, 2018
Bolstered by good supporting performances from Kyra Sedgwick, Janeane Garofalo and Ritchie Coster, Submission is a handsome-looking film that aims to fulfill the most meek, well-behaved implications of its title. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 2, 2018
Submission – despite valiant performances from Stanley Tucci and Addison Timlin as the parties involved – lacks the spark it needs to spring to life. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 1, 2018
Levine, who wrote the script, knows how to stage an energized intellectual battle, but adapting “The Blue Angel” to a 21st-century setting turns out to be a distinctly musty and unrewarding idea. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottFeb 28, 2018
The satire is cautious and the emotions restrained, so that what should be a swirl of lust, ambition, recrimination and bureaucratic absurdity rises only to genteel, nervous laughter and mild discomfort. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineOleg IvanovFeb 26, 2018
This tentative questioning of the sometimes unscrupulous methods and deleterious consequences of political correctness is further undermined by Ted's insipid character and general indifference to his fate. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMar 1, 2018
You know that moment about fifteen minutes before the end of most American narrative features, when the protagonist is brought to his or her low point, and it looks as if there’s no possible way things could get better? Something has probably gone wrong if viewers are cheering that. Read full review
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