The Testament of Ann Lee
Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
38
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
IONCINEMA.comNicholas BellJan 2, 2026
Ultimately, The Testament of Ann Lee feels like Willa Cather’s version of The Witch (2015). Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 1, 2025
This is a genuinely strange film, elusive in both tone and meaning, one which deploys the obvious effects and rhetorical forms of irony, while at the same time distancing itself from these effects and asking its audience to sympathise and even admire Lee, because she is not supposed to be the villain. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonJan 15, 2026
Once again, Fastvold and Corbet have crafted a movie I admired more than I liked. Read full review
40
Radio TimesJames MottramDec 4, 2025
Devised by Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg, the songs are spirited, and Mamma Mia! star Seyfried invests fully. But with characters often reduced to making declamatory statements, it becomes an increasingly vexing exercise. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherSep 6, 2025
The film, alas, and it pains me to say it, is not very good. It’s overwhelmingly, unfortunately, self-serious, and thus accidentally very Monty Python. There’s little dramatic tension and the music is close to agony. Read full review
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