The Letters
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: December 4, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDec 3, 2015
A biopic about Mother Teresa could have easily been a self-important slog, yet William Riead's The Letters proves a stirring and absorbing if not quite definitive drama. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 1, 2015
A movie that won’t convert anyone, a film for the faithful who want to believe nothing but the best about Mother Teresa. Real life is rarely cut and dry, and dramatically flat, as this. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDec 3, 2015
The Letters feels dutiful, not artful. Read full review
40
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiDec 3, 2015
Though speechifying and mawkishness are thankfully scarce, the bland script gives her few chances to go beyond the expected formula. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisDec 2, 2015
The movie simply trudges along, tirelessly making its rounds, just like its holy sister walking impoverished streets with grim purpose. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireDec 4, 2015
A drama in which belief is reduced to well-meaning but inert treacle. Read full review
20
VarietyNick SchagerDec 3, 2015
Opting for dutiful, reverent beatification over flesh-and-blood characterizations (or insights), the film is merely a clunky primer on how poor storytelling can make even the grandest of figures seem small. Read full review
20
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniDec 1, 2015
Riead's reverential portrait belies Teresa's thorny complexities and turns her into a single-minded proponent of work hard, pray hard. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 24, 2015
This earnest but painfully clunky film, though professional in tech respects and seemingly well financed, plays like the work of an ambitious high school history student. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineClayton DillardDec 1, 2015
A brain-dead slog whose bankrupt aesthetics ironically soil the very legacy it purports to aggrandize. Read full review
10
TheWrapInkoo KangNov 24, 2015
It’s as punishingly dull as Sunday-school homework — and just as unnecessary. Read full review
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