The World to Come
Feelgood Entertainment | Release Date: February 12, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 23, 2021
Arriving as part of the recent vogue for historical lesbian romances, The World to Come is better than Ammonite and rather more carnal than the chilly Carol, if not nearly as swooning as Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, nor as fascinating as Fastvold’s own writing. Read full review
60
CineVueMatthew AndersonJul 21, 2021
In Abigail’s longing to see beyond the high valley walls with the kind of scope of an atlas gifted to her by Tallie, The World to Come envisages a future reality not yet visible over the horizon, but shown as the slightest glimmer of light. Read full review
60
Vanity FairRichard LawsonMar 11, 2021
The film offers a small bit of emotional rescue at its very end—a graceful tribute to the escapes of memory and fantasy—but by then the dourness of its conclusions has blotted out any rounder sense of meaning. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleFeb 12, 2021
Though admirably sensitive to the inner lives of opened souls, The World to Come is more a journal with faded photographs than a past made vividly present. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeFeb 11, 2021
Their attraction seems more intellectual than physical, which keeps the film’s romantic energy at a lukewarm simmer throughout. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFeb 25, 2021
Despite the terrific set design in The World to Come, the characters don’t feel at home in it; they do very little farm work, for example. Still, Waterston and Kirby do achieve an intimacy that operates as a warm fire warding off the chilliness around them. It’s too bad we were left out in the cold. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyFeb 12, 2021
You long for something evocative and warm throughout The World to Come, only to leave it with a minor shiver. Read full review
50
Film ThreatAlan NgFeb 9, 2021
There’s nothing new and nothing we haven’t seen, which means every single moment and plot twist is familiar and predictable. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiJan 31, 2021
The film presents a world that too often feels as if it’s a product of the present day. Read full review
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiFeb 11, 2021
The World to Come has the ingredients to build a blossoming love story, but the script is thin and far too rigid for the romance to ever fully soar. Read full review
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