The Queen of My Dreams
WILLA | Release Date: June 20, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinKim HughesMar 20, 2024
There is a joyful lightness of spirit — and some very beautiful cinematography — in The Queen of My Dreams, the dazzling debut feature from Canadian writer-director Fawzia Mirza which premiered last fall at TIFF. Read full review
80
Screen RantAbigail StevensJun 18, 2025
The Queen of My Dreams depicts complicated love amid familial conflicts and an adoration of classic Bollywood cinema. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 20, 2025
There’s a lot of depth to this story. More than you might anticipate at the start. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanJun 19, 2025
Kaur acts as an amiable anchor, gamely embodying a mother and a daughter across time periods. Read full review
70
Film ThreatBen ShehadiMar 10, 2024
Well-executed and thoughtful, it is a solid film that is culturally relevant and enjoyable to watch. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeOct 19, 2023
Mirza has created a film bursting with creative energy and distinctive aesthetic sensibilities. Even when the narrative slackens, you’ll want to keep watching. Read full review
67
IndieWireProma KhoslaMar 13, 2024
The film accurately reflects the tumult of mothers and daughters and intergenerational culture gaps, which are never nearly manifested or bridge. Reality is messy — anything else is the stuff of dreams. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comCraig D. LindseyJun 20, 2025
The Queen of My Dreams is a well-intentioned but tonally all-over-the-place look at how frustrating things can get when you’re a queer Muslim trying to live your best life. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 16, 2024
Flashbacks to Mariam’s technicolour youth in 1969 Karachi are gorgeously realised, and the design department (in particular wardrobe) gets to revel in an eye-popping kaleidoscope of primary hues. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeSep 11, 2024
It slips just a little too easily into the generic pigeonholing of first generation south Asian narratives, but rattles along with fun and energy. Read full review
60
Little White LiesGrace DoddSep 10, 2024
What lifts Mirza’s film above the pack is that it is alive with colour and music, her characters are endearing and, while a little fragmented towards the end, the writer/director at least makes sure it’s a pleasure to reach that point. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Aparita BhandariMar 25, 2024
While The Queen of My Dreams works in some places, it’s too disjointed a narrative to truly immerse the viewer into the technicolor universe. Read full review
50
VarietySiddhant AdlakhaMar 10, 2024
It does little to separate itself, thematically or stylistically, from a now repetitive form of “third culture” storytelling. Read full review
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