Violet
Relativity Media | Release Date: October 29, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 8, 2021
Thanks in large part to Munn’s elegant, authentic, grounded and moving performance, we’re rooting hard for Violet to find some inner peace. Read full review
75
ObserverSiddhant AdlakhaSep 9, 2021
Violet’s editing and texture effectively convey what the character is feeling, and while its noncommittal camera choices occasionally prevent the viewer from feeling it alongside her, Munn’s performance, and the film’s eventual narrative trajectory, are incisive enough to get around its visual shortcomings. Read full review
75
The Film StageJohn FinkMar 20, 2021
Demystifying the backroom deals of film financing, Bateman has crafted an authentic-looking and -feeling commentary on show business designed perhaps to make the kinds of acquisition professionals and insiders who attend festivals and film markets uncomfortable. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshOct 28, 2021
Utilizing such overt stylization of a high-concept approach, Violet is a bit of a one-trick pony. But Bateman, as well as Munn, manage to pull it off in a feature-length format, and Violet’s eventual hard-earned redemption is deeply satisfying. Read full review
70
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanOct 28, 2021
Because Munn wisely underplays, she’s able to creep across the high-wire Bateman has stretched out, in which Violet perpetually balances deadpan external calm with overwhelming internal detonation. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 20, 2021
Olivia Munn is quite touching as the title character, and the picture cleverly dramatises the conflicting thoughts that bounce around inside us and, often, dictate our lives. Read full review
67
IndieWireKate ErblandMar 20, 2021
While Bateman’s more florid touches sometimes wear, Munn is so devastatingly good at selling Violet’s internal strife that it’s easy to forgive Bateman’s other creative impulses. With a star this well-suited for the role, Bateman has already proven her salt as a keen-eyed filmmaker. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerSep 10, 2021
Munn’s exquisitely readable face, which cycles through emotional states with delicate flickers, is Bateman’s strongest asset. Her weakest is her storytelling. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 26, 2021
There’s bravery in Bateman’s willingness to explore this state of mind, to put so much of herself on the table, but she rolls credits just as things were getting interesting: when Violet blocks out the voices and finally starts listening to herself. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireNov 5, 2021
Moving from in front of the lens to behind it, the former ‘80s sitcom star clearly has something personal and piercing to say. Her film will surely resonate with so many others who hear their own nagging voices in their heads. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 28, 2021
Crowding the screen with jarring sounds and disturbing visuals, Bateman experiments with so many cinematic frills and fancies that Munn’s touching work is too often obscured. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKristy PuchkoMar 20, 2021
In the end, Violet feels less like a film than a pitch meeting. A frenzied flurry of ideas, devices, and character sketches chucked out to see what sticks. It’s flashy, but not fascinating, which leaves this drama of inner conflict and deep thoughts feeling horridly shallow. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 20, 2021
The story itself finally feels lost beneath the levels of artifice rather than heightened by it. Read full review
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