Te Ata
Paladin | Release Date: September 29, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 29, 2021
Te Ata may not be an Oscar contender, but it is well-acted, touching and certainly good enough to deserve this Netflix curtain call. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesTom KeoghOct 5, 2017
Perhaps in an effort to tell a PG story about an all-ages storyteller, Te Ata lacks vitality, pulling its punches and sometimes resorting to a cheesy shorthand. (A scene featuring Greene’s reservation leader and a racist senator is especially cheap.) Despite that, Te Ata lingers in the memory as a tale of an artist’s promise — and fulfillment. Read full review
60
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeOct 12, 2017
The movie’s driving force is its mythic performance scenes, which are choreographed, sung and acted with clear, balletic conviction by the film’s star, Q’orianka Kilcher. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 12, 2017
The film rarely soars with the kind of authentic spirit and passion needed to fully sell this decidedly old-fashioned material. Read full review
60
Village VoiceTatiana CraineOct 12, 2017
Nathan Frankowski’s biopic has the saccharine, deliberate feel of a Hallmark movie, that doesn’t make the woman at its center any less inspirational. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 17, 2017
That the film works to the extent that it does is largely due to the superb performance by Kilcher, who imbues her starring turn with a radiance and magnetism that makes you fully believe in her character's ability to woo audiences Read full review
50
VarietyNick SchagerOct 17, 2017
The well-intentioned biopic is ungainly, overtly articulating everything it doesn’t need to yet failing to explain much of what starts out as unclear about the tale. Read full review
37
Washington PostPat PaduaOct 5, 2017
Simultaneously earnest yet maudlin, Te Ata lacks the one thing its subject is said to have possessed: a gift for storytelling. Read full review
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