The Sky Is Everywhere
A24 | Release Date: February 11, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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100
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanFeb 10, 2022
Too many works aimed at younger age groups ooze with sentimentality or buckle under a condescending tone. Here, in figurative voice-over full of imagery, we receive Lennie’s unbridled imagination and worldview. Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandFeb 10, 2022
In the hands of director Josephine Decker, a filmmaker uniquely suited to depicting personal expression on the big screen, the film version of The Sky Is Everywhere makes for a satisfying and special take on a particular sub-genre of YA story. Read full review
80
Vanity FairCassie da CostaFeb 23, 2022
That Decker is able to transmit a deep and compelling curiosity about this journey through each and every image is reason enough to follow a deeply familiar and sometimes overearnest plot. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 12, 2022
Josephine Decker’s screen version of the Jandy Nelson young-adult novel, which was adapted by the author, embraces excess as an expression of the heroine’s mercurial spirit. Sometimes the results are excessively excessive, blithely blissed-out or simply clichéd. Mostly, though, they’re funny, affecting and endearing. And daring. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeFeb 10, 2022
Lennie’s is not the only growth rippling beneath the surface of The Sky Is Everywhere. Although the film contains elements of Decker’s signature directorial style, it also reflects her attempts to evolve on a slightly different path. She’s having fun, and it shows. Read full review
80
The GuardianAdrian HortonFeb 10, 2022
Decker infuses Nelson’s screenplay with a potent dose of whimsical fantasy, morphing Lennie’s tortuous bereavement into a lonely house, a romantic musical journey and a garden where other complicated, confusing emotions grow. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFeb 10, 2022
Decker proudly revels in Lennie’s scattered uniqueness, even as Lennie navigates the minefield of her choices and says some truly kooky things (“I wish my shadow could get up and walk beside me”). YA movies might not be your bag, but if they are, perhaps the NorCal vibe of “The Sky Is Everywhere” will strike a weepy chord. Read full review
74
Paste MagazineLacy BaugherFeb 11, 2022
The Sky Is Everywhere is an emotional ride, one that frequently skirts the line between sharply truthful and painfully saccharine. (Usually ending up in the realm of the former, but not always.) Yet its whimsical, fairytale feel generally keeps the story from feeling like something you’ve seen before. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard BrodyFeb 11, 2022
The Sky Is Everywhere is a movie of inner vision, of fantasy and symbol, that coexists with the drama even when it doesn’t quite coalesce with it. Read full review
67
ColliderRoss BonaimeApr 12, 2022
The Sky Is Everywhere takes a lot of swings that miss, but the heart of the film is in the right place, and when it really works, The Sky Is Everywhere knocks these emotions and ideas out of the park. Read full review
67
The PlaylistMarya E. GatesFeb 10, 2022
The story beats are predictable, but Decker forges her own unruly and unforgettable path through them, crafting a teen film with avant-garde flourishes that attempt to find a balance between style and substance. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeFeb 10, 2022
Throughout, Josephine Decker effortlessly keys her intimate and eccentric style to her main character’s complicated inner turmoil. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 10, 2022
And our child-actress-turned-young adult girl-next-door lead makes this flawed heroine sympathetic enough that she wears you down even as the movie around her sometimes just wears you out. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshFeb 10, 2022
While undoubtedly a uniquely creative and singularly emotive film, it can be all just a little too, too much. Read full review
58
The Film StageJordan RaupFeb 10, 2022
The Sky Is Everywhere is certainly a delight to behold; one just wishes Nelson mined a bit deeper in the adaptation process, pulling back on trite verbosity and letting Decker’s fanciful, psychologically striking vision do the talking. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubLeila LatifFeb 10, 2022
Decker defangs herself with The Sky Is Everywhere, which seems to aim for putting something broadly positive in the world but lands on inconsequential. Read full review
40
VarietyNick SchagerFeb 10, 2022
The Sky Is Everywhere finds director Josephine Decker indulging in affectation overload in an effort to imbue her adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s young-adult novel with uplifting magic. Whereas individual moments might work on their own, however, the “Madeline’s Madeline” auteur’s latest never provides its romantic tale with room to breathe, so intent is it about operating with maximum whimsicality. Read full review
40
TheWrapDan CallahanFeb 10, 2022
The most serious problem in The Sky Is Everywhere is that Nelson’s screenplay has Lennie getting upset with people and generally freaking out in almost every scene, and this becomes irritating and monotonous because she is the central figure in the movie. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comCiara WardlowFeb 11, 2022
The end result is that particularly crumbly kind of book-to-film adaptation that comes across more like a SparkNotes you can watch, a story told at double-speed with much of its impact missing. Read full review
30
Screen RantSarah Bea MilnerFeb 24, 2022
The Sky Is Everywhere may be a visual treat, but it's soured by a complete lack of balance in the story structure, characterization, motivation, and pacing. Read full review
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