True Things
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: September 9, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 5, 2022
Wilson and Burke give formidably good performances: a woman who desperately wants to give and receive love, and a man who hasn’t the smallest idea what any of that means. Read full review
60
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyApr 1, 2022
True Things isn’t quite as effective as the director’s 2018 debut, Only You, which tracked the fluctuating desires of a couple (played by Laia Costa and Josh O’Connor) undergoing IVF treatment. But it does reiterate Wootliff’s fluency in the unvarnished, messy spaces of female desire, operating in a way that doesn’t sacrifice the actual sexiness of her work. Read full review
60
Little White LiesSteph GreenMar 31, 2022
Well made and with relatability and stark intensity, it’s by no means a disappointing film. But with the zeitgeist now so attuned to red flags in relationships, its message arrives a little out of time. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerMar 29, 2022
It says little that is new and lacks heat, but Wilson and Burke inhabit a compelling mismatched couple, with Wootliff finding cinematic ways to get under their skin. A flawed but admirable attempt to take the temperature of a dark, modern relationship. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenSep 18, 2021
The ending offers only a slightly clichéd vision of emancipation that leaves the picture not much clearer. After showing how hard life can be, it feels a little bit too easy. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeSep 18, 2021
Although the film handles the process of being subsumed by love well, the characters ultimately feel too thin to make Kate’s awakening persuasive. Read full review
42
The PlaylistSophie Monks KaufmanSep 18, 2021
True Things spins such a familiar tale that its success rides on how convincingly a mood is conjured. It needs to be so raw that the predictable is rewritten anew in the specific chemistry of these characters. Instead, it is, for the most part, a mood piece drained of mood Read full review
40
The GuardianXan BrooksSep 18, 2021
True Things is not a bad film, exactly. The actors play it like they mean it, while the drama itself carries a natural dry charge. But it’s unambitious, sometimes clunky and doesn’t wrong-foot us once. Read full review
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