| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...Gwyneth Paltrow gives a crushing performance, worthy of an Oscar nomination." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"The results are mixed, but noble." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...for those who have read the poets and are curious about their lives, Sylvia provides illustrations for the biographies we carry in our minds." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro |
"It's a dreary movie about a dreary character..." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"Feel free to write this one off." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Rachel Gordon |
"...Sylvia falls short of providing the three-dimensional portrait of a troubled soul that it seeks to do." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...an exercise in drudgery..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...this frigid and inaccessible period piece wears its glumness like a shroud." more... |
C |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...resists the urge to turn its heroine's life into allegory. It is more like opera, which is braver, and also more fitting." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"It's not a bad movie, but neither is it remarkable." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"One of the fiercest love stories of the last century is reduced to Star Is Born pap." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"It's a coy, cautious film about a frank, fearless writer." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...the film is well-acted." more... |
B- |
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