The Affair
Bioscop | Release Date (Streaming): March 5, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
4
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ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 5, 2021
The problem with The Affair is that once the World War II segments have ended, the movie loses its momentum and ability to balance both sides of the romance. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyMar 3, 2021
The best way to appreciate The Affair is to sidestep its pot-boiler pretentious and think of as an exceptionally elegant episode of House Hunters International. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 11, 2021
While The Affair rather adamantly insists that life doesn’t adhere to the idealized cleanliness of modern design, this hollow adaptation also never allows itself to share in the forward-thinking courage of its architecture. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 1, 2021
The unconsummated attraction between best friends played by Carice van Houten and Hanna Alström clearly is meant to be its emotional pulse. Yet however sensitive the two leads' performances, The Affair rarely gathers the necessary intensity. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMar 5, 2021
How can a movie this visually glossy be so devastatingly uninteresting and dull? Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 2, 2021
Full of incident, heartbreak, secrets and betrayal, The Affair and its choppy formal structure don’t do justice to an enormously appealing cast. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 21, 2021
Despite a fine Continental cast and gleaming production values, Czech helmer Julius Ševčík has made a muddled, maudlin hash of what ought to have been a sure thing. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaMar 3, 2021
We get slivers of moments and feelings described rather than experienced. Read full review
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