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Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
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Critic Reviews
The GuardianAug 7, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The mystery element and its resolution for Sukey and Elizabeth are not too complicated, psychologically or practically, and nor do they need to be. The real drama exists elsewhere, in bravely impressionistic form held together by superb writing, a complex but immaculate structure and Jackson’s mesmerising, heartbreaking (and funny – as when she cannot remember who the prime minister is but “I know I don’t like him”) performance at its heart.
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The TelegraphAug 7, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 31, 2020
Season 1 Review:
[Elizabeth Is Missing] keeps one guessing throughout, although the experience is very much about the lead performance; it comes very close to too close for comfort for anyone who’s dealt with a person with Alzheimer’s. ... Ms. Jackson has always shown herself to be an exacting and gifted artist, but Maud Horsham is the kind of role that requires much more out of a performer than just actorly craft. And that, happily, is what we get.
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Jan 1, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Portraits of dementia often tend toward a reductive binary, that the lightbulb is off or it's on, but Jackson's take on Maud is much more complex. She's often the most "herself" when she's re-experiencing an event from her childhood and often the most in-the-moment when she's repeating a revelation she's already had multiple times. Every beat is heartbreakingly played. ... This is a tightly told story well worth checking out, even if you may need the mystery to pique your initial curiosity.
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The TimesAug 7, 2020
Season 1 Review:
It didn't airbrush dementia. Maud was variously sweet, difficult and downright aggressive, her lovely, caring daughter, Helen (Helen Behan), bearing the brunt and the bruises. Jackson spared the viewer little, her grimacing face living every moment from incontinence to filling her cupboards with nothing but tinned peaches. The social issues were worn lightly.
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Jan 1, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Despite the efforts of the talented director Aisling Walsh (“Maudie”), who gives the film a welcome restraint and clarity, “Elizabeth Is Missing” doesn’t hit the mark — the screenplay is too fussy and tricky, and the resolution to the twin mysteries, with its mixed notes of heroism and resignation, isn’t convincing. ... Maud may not come fully alive in the script, but there’s nothing missing in Jackson’s portrayal.
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