Wildcat
Oscilloscope Laboratories | Release Date: May 3, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 3, 2024
It’s a soulful, pointed and unconventional grappling with the mysteries of the deeply Catholic, norm-shattering Georgia native’s life and work. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 15, 2024
Wildcat is an inventive and haunting mood piece with a number of memorable scenes. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMay 30, 2024
For neophytes, there’s still much to enjoy – cinematographer Steve Cosen’s painterly framing, exuberant scenery chewing (Linney makes a meal out of one vignette’s rotted teeth) – but the thematic resonance between story and storyteller gets a little lost when you’re only working off the reenactments’ CliffsNotes. Read full review
67
The PlaylistAnkit JhunjhunwalaSep 17, 2023
Wildcat should provide interest to audiences that have read and enjoyed O’Connor’s work and might even spur new readers to seek her stories out. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenMay 19, 2024
Maya Hawke, the director’s daughter with Uma Thurman, plays O’Connor. Her performance is one of the movie’s strengths. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMay 3, 2024
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What is certain is that he’s drawn a rich and multilayered performance from his daughter, Maya Hawke, in the starring role. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiApr 28, 2024
By shooting the fiction sequences with the same dreamy fish-eye unreality as the scenes showing O’Connor’s real life, the film blurs the line between the two until it’s almost nonexistent. Read full review
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