The Daughter
Kino Lorber | Release Date: January 27, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The PlaylistJessica KiangOct 25, 2015
A highly polished film that belies the soap opera melodrama of its plotline by having the twists and turns spring directly from well-observed human behavior, Stone's The Daughter is a quiet, immensely affecting triumph. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeMay 24, 2016
Few films make you care about the characters like this one does. Read full review
80
VarietyEddie CockrellOct 25, 2015
Deeply involving and emotionally searing, The Daughter reps a confident and profoundly moving bigscreen debut for established theater director Simon Stone. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFeb 2, 2017
Made with taste, skill and discretion, The Daughter demonstrates both the staying power of classic material and the risks inherent in bringing it up to date. Read full review
70
Screen DailySarah WardOct 25, 2015
What The Daughter lacks in narrative surprises, however, it works hard to make up for in its confident approach. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaJan 27, 2017
Somehow what comes close to dissolving into heartbreaking tragedy instead offers the merest whiff of hope for the future. As Neill’s seen-it-all Walter says when all hell begins to break loose, “Everyone’s got a story like this … it’s as old as the hills.” If only said tale were told with a bit more consistency. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 3, 2017
While the acting draws us into the story; it plays like a daytime soap opera with really good actors and Australian accents. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 3, 2017
As any kind of introduction to Ibsen, this film is more a turnoff than a turn-on. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedFeb 1, 2017
The dreary, chug-along Australian film The Daughter offers a good but sadly wasted cast, obscured in the eye-rubbing mist of a foggy Down Under countryside and struggling to rise above the sludge of a basic soap opera with literary pretensions. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJan 26, 2017
The characters don’t have conversations so much as helpfully recite their back stories, and the long-buried secret is soon so obvious that the movie’s last-act hysteria feels forced and a little ridiculous. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorOct 25, 2015
The Daughter spends most of its time following a recessive character who possesses information we’re not privy to, and the whole thing manages to be both remote and unsubtle simultaneously. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineOleg IvanovJan 23, 2017
It too often strains for a tragic gravity that its ultimately melodramatic characters never earn. Read full review
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