Unforgivable
Strand Releasing | Release Date: June 29, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAug 8, 2012
What makes the film involving is that it doesn't depend on the mechanical resolution of the plot, but on the close observation of its effects on these distinctive characters. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJun 29, 2012
Among other things, Unforgivable is a free-floating meditation on the distresses and exhilarations of being a parent. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumJun 27, 2012
In his elliptical and somewhat loopy drama about the slipperiness of love at any age, French filmmaker André Téchiné uses the sight of scudding motorboats on the waterways around workaday Venice as a visual reinforcement of time as a river. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanSep 6, 2012
For much of the film, Jérémie comes off as sullen, then unsettled, then just creepy. Yet at the end, as he struggles to start over, he engages our pity. Read full review
75
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJun 29, 2012
Both Venice and Bouquet are photographed to ravishing effect, and like the city, Judith is meant to suggest something trapped into being a fantasy for others. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineBill WeberJun 26, 2012
The layered, character-driven drama may subvert expectations of a sunny Venetian noir, but observes its five principal characters with a probing, egalitarian eye. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJun 28, 2012
Téchiné is a restless director, a fastidious storyteller who is not interested in what less adventurous movies have to say about human relationships. He wants to dig deeper, even if the results aren't always clear. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDec 9, 2021
It is, in its best moments, an interesting exercise for Bullock — and a just-passable diversion for audiences in the mood for something a little more gritty and somber than a repeat airing of It’s a Wonderful Life or some other feel-good holiday standard. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 19, 2012
Everyone is equal parts emotional victim and villain in Unforgivable, an elegantly rambling Franco-Italian affair about the ways we do each other wrong while trying to do each other right. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 28, 2012
Unforgivable isn't one of Mr. Téchiné's greatest achievements, but it's engrossing even when its increasingly populated story falters, tripped up by unpersuasive actions, connections and details. Read full review
60
Time OutStephen GarrettJun 26, 2012
While Unforgivable stays true to this approach, its disparate souls feel too scattershot to be interwoven into a meaningful narrative tapestry. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJun 27, 2012
That seems to be one of the main theses of Unforgivable: that nothing is as dramatic as it appears, and presuming otherwise means risking unnecessary trouble and pain. Read full review
50
Village VoiceEric HynesJun 26, 2012
It's some kind of monster of romanticized antiromanticism, filleting and exalting its characters, cheating and rewarding its breathless audience. The closest the film gets to a thesis is this shoulder-shrug torpedo: "People do things like that without knowing why." Read full review
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