The Hand of God
Netflix | Release Date: December 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
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Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
The GuardianXan BrooksSep 2, 2021
The Hand of God, no surprise, is Sorrentino’s most nakedly personal film to date, almost to a fault in the way it jettisons the cool distance of The Great Beauty or Il Divo in favour of a sweaty, close-up evocation of youth. It’s a picture only Sorrentino could make. But that doesn’t necessarily make him the safest pair of hands. Read full review
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The Film StageJared MobarakSep 11, 2021
We might still miss Sorrentino’s prior, more unforgiving tone, and his sleek filmmaking style; it’s arguable this material doesn’t mine the best of his strengths. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 9, 2021
As random as it all is, The Hand of God does add up to a “movie” in the broadest sense, just not a very coherent or interesting one. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayDec 1, 2021
For all its beauty and poignancy, The Hand of God suffers from a strange paradox: It goes on too long but somehow doesn’t go far enough. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDec 1, 2021
In essence, Sorrentino thought his way up to the middle of The Hand of God and assumed the rest would take care of itself. He started filming too soon. His screenplay needed work. Read full review
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VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 2, 2021
The Hand of God has some good scenes, but it’s the kind of portrait-of-an-artist drama where you watch the insults, the clashes, the assaultive attitude of it all and you think: Is this what it was actually like for the young Sorrentino growing up in Naples? Or does he simply have an aversion to scenes that don’t hit you over the head Read full review
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TheWrapDan CallahanSep 2, 2021
It might be hoped that the passage of time could give him some fond or melancholy distance from such material, but Sorrentino serves up his memories in an unappealingly inert and flat manner. Read full review
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