Supernova
Bleecker Street | Release Date: January 29, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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60
The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeJun 27, 2021
While the result may occasionally get bogged down by dramatic contrivance, it’s generally buoyed up by a pair of likably bickering performances from the two leads. Read full review
60
Time OutEurico De BarrosJun 16, 2021
Harry Mcqueen keeps the film's emotional temperature in check, and Tucci and Firth do the rest, with sparingly expressive performances. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsFeb 18, 2021
As a film about two gay men in their middle age, Supernova does all the right things, anchors its sense of conviction in rhythms and silences, in-jokes and private conflicts, that cohere into a natural portrait of being together. In a word, it’s a solid, emotive drama, all the more so for the pain at the movie’s center being equally natural, valid, inevitable. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonSep 22, 2020
Plenty to admire here, if only this tasteful tearjerker lived up to its title with a few more explosive fireworks instead of settling for timid twinkles, ending not with a bang but a whimper. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJan 29, 2021
Credit is due to Dick Pope, the cinematographer, who toughens the film and somehow prevents the fabled grandeur of the locations from softening into the pretty. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePat BrownJan 18, 2021
Supernova is so obviously structured that it often seems to be imposing meaning on its characters. Read full review
45
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 30, 2021
If the script undercuts the enormity of what their characters are enduring, the two lead actors rescue the film from utter negligibility. Read full review
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