Suffragette
Focus Features | Release Date: October 23, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghOct 29, 2015
It’s an admirable film, though not a particularly memorable one. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 26, 2015
Suffragette is slick and efficient, but also diffuse and formless; it’ll pass the time but it fails to engage. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranOct 22, 2015
Though ably acted and indisputably on the side of the angels, Suffragette as directed by Sarah Gavron is more dead-on earnest and schematic than it needs to be. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOct 22, 2015
The movie does well to shine a light on the venerable struggle, but its beam is narrow, and often pallid. Read full review
60
The GuardianCatherine ShoardSep 6, 2015
Director Sarah Gavron does well to galvanize her story with a degree of urgency: the result of swift, assured camerawork and a brilliantly understated performance by Carey Mulligan. Read full review
60
VarietyJustin ChangSep 6, 2015
Carey Mulligan gives an affecting, skillfully modulated performance that lends a certain coherence to this assemblage of real-life incidents, composite characters, noble sentiments, stirring speeches and impeccable production values — all marshaled in service of a picture whose politics prove rather more commendable than its artistry. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenNov 4, 2015
Despite the vividness of the movement and the philosophical underpinnings of the cause and its tactical shifts, Suffragette unfolds in a sequentially predictable manner. Read full review
50
TimeJohn AndersonNov 3, 2015
Earnest but costumey drama. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyOct 23, 2015
Suffragette feels like a documentary in its visuals, but at the same time drowns in subjectivity (Maud's face in repeated closeup). Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerOct 21, 2015
Despite a top-shelf cast and strong subject matter, Suffragette feels like the product of limitations. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartOct 21, 2015
Despite Mulligan bringing her A-game, the film falls short of its potential. Read full review
50
HitfixGregory EllwoodSep 15, 2015
All the actresses do their best with the material, but only Mulligan truly transcends its limitations. Read full review
50
The PlaylistChris WillmanSep 6, 2015
If only Carey Mulligan had been inspired to protest for the right to a better script for Suffragette, an overly schematic look at the struggle for women’s voting rights in 1910s Britain that almost gets by on the strength of a great slow burn of a lead performance. Read full review
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