XY Chelsea
Showtime Networks | Release Date: May 10, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 30, 2019
What’s left is a touching and tragic portrait of a vulnerable work in progress, one that for now might only be visible through a clouded lens. Read full review
60
The GuardianSteve RoseMay 22, 2019
This is very much a sympathetic fly-on-the-wall with Team Chelsea, but, considering the high drama of Manning’s life, the resultant film is muted and disjointed, and given to impressionistic images – such as landscapes out of car windows – when really the time could have been spent telling us more. Read full review
60
TheWrapDan CallahanMay 9, 2019
This is a very difficult personal narrative to try to digest and make sense of, but at least XY Chelsea makes for a start on this, even if it cannot approach anything definitive on her singular story. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMay 9, 2019
This frequently fascinating, frustrating study in naiveté, personal turmoil and self-discovery leaves the viewer stranded in process. Read full review
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VarietyTomris LafflyMay 9, 2019
While it’s hardly Hawkins’ error that his documentary feels unfinished — the self-defined activist’s dramatic saga is still unfolding as we speak — you can’t help but feel his unprecedented access to Manning should have emanated a portrait a lot more enlightening. Read full review
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