| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...this is Bening's field day..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The pleasures are in the actual presence of the actors..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"Bening shines, and the film shines too." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"...Bening alone makes it worth the price of admission." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...delightful though wafer-thin..." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...a pleasantly diverting period romp that Annette Bening turns into a wickedly funny tour de force." more... |
B |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...a flimsy frame surrounding a brightly colored performance by Annette Bening..." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"... one of the most uneven affairs I have watched in a theater this year. It's like two movies that have been inelegantly grafted together." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Annette Bening can act...but she works too hard to prove it in Being Julia." more... |
C+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer |
"...it's the glorious Annette Bening who hoists this flawed production on her mink-wrapped shoulders and makes it work." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...elegant and often riveting..." more... |
A- |
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