Sunlight
Sunrise Films | Release Date: June 6, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatBobby LePireJul 15, 2025
Sunlight is delightful, dramatic, and deep all at once. The pacing is excellent, and the screenplay is clever. Conti and Allen bring a great deal of sweetness and vulnerability to their respective roles. The ending is about as perfect as conclusions get. Please watch this as soon as possible, you won’t be disappointed. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comZachary LeeJun 6, 2025
Nina Conti’s delightfully crude and disarmingly heartwarming directorial debut, “Sunlight,” adds an intriguing hook to the two-wayward-souls-on-a-road-trip subgenre. Read full review
80
The GuardianPhil HoadOct 16, 2025
Conti manages the feat of being funny, emotionally astute and kinda sexy throughout. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJul 15, 2025
If Sunlight worked even a quarter as well as it does, the movie would still have been something of a miracle. Read full review
70
Film ThreatAlex SavelievJul 15, 2025
A mostly-smooth, sometimes-uneasy blend of pitch-black drama and absurdist comedy, Sunlight may follow the age-old “road-trip movie” structure, but it fully commits to an offbeat, non-sequitur style/logic that will either compel or repel audiences. Read full review
70
Screen RantGrant HermannsJun 5, 2025
While I wish the movie's tone and story were a little more even, there's definitely enough here for many to enjoy. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJun 5, 2025
A little of Sunlight, which she directs and co-wrote with Allen, goes a long way. But there’s still something to seeing a performer go for broke, purging a character’s shame and despair through a screwy, confessional sense of humor. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonJun 5, 2025
Uneven but not without its charming, touching and even kinky moments, the film salutes the oddballs lucky enough to find like-minded souls – but the story’s invitingly bizarre vibe isn’t captivating enough to overcome some clear narrative flaws. Read full review
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