Unicorns
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: July 18, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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90
Screen RantAbigail StevensJul 17, 2025
Unicorns is fascinating for such a simple movie, largely due to the testaments of a struggling single parent trying to make ends meet, as well as the references to the sometimes harrowing experiences of being queer and South Asian, all set against the backdrop of a casually evolving romance that feels so very real. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJun 24, 2025
Like wrapping yourself up in a beloved book, Unicorns takes you to a new place, returning you charmed and changed. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanJun 24, 2025
Unicorns traces their twin journeys toward self-acceptance with empathy, curiosity and a refreshing disregard for constricting labels. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJul 11, 2024
Hardy is terrific, his face crowded with conflicting emotions that Luke doesn’t have the words to express. Read full review
80
Time OutHanna FlintJul 5, 2024
In his debut big-screen performance, the warm-hearted and witty Patel – like Aysha – steals the show. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comZachary LeeJul 18, 2025
Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, doesn’t reinvent the romance genre. Still, it overcomes any rote storytelling by gifting viewers fully fleshed-out and realized characters who color between—and sometimes outside—the lines of their archetypes. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid OpieJul 16, 2025
For two hours at least, Unicorns will help you escape the gray monotony of life with flair and color. Read full review
75
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodJun 24, 2025
The chemistry between Patel and Hardy is often divine, and the latter delivers such a layered and charismatic performance you’re with it till the end. Read full review
75
TheWrapSteve PondJun 24, 2025
Buoyed by the performance by Hardy and by newcomer Jason Patel as Aysha, Unicorns pleads for understanding but does it in a way that at its best is contemplative rather than histrionic. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 1, 2025
The movie doesn’t deal in labels — it’s not important to the filmmakers whether Luke identifies as gay, straight or bisexual — but instead presents this relationship as one that expands the provincial notion of romance someone like Luke might have had. Read full review
60
The New York TimesChris AzzopardiJul 17, 2025
Hardy peels back the layers to reveal Luke’s sexual awakening so viscerally that it’s easier to overlook the film’s narrative shortcuts. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeJul 11, 2024
Co-directing Unicorns with James Krishna Floyd (the star of My Brother the Devil), who wrote the script, El Hosaini brings a streak of hopefulness to gritty social realism, with the added attraction of superstar drag queens. Read full review
60
EmpireElla KempJul 8, 2024
A compelling if formulaic star-crossed lovers’ narrative. Come for a wordless seduction, stay for the complexities of parenthood, drag queens and family loyalties that deserve more of your time. Read full review
40
ColliderElisa GuimarãesJul 18, 2025
Unicorns seems like a much older movie, torn from an era in which queer people were not allowed to tell their own stories, instead being reduced to secondary characters in straight plots. Read full review
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