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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanToo many works aimed at younger age groups ooze with sentimentality or buckle under a condescending tone. Here, in figurative voice-over full of imagery, we receive Lennie’s unbridled imagination and worldview.
- 83IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIn the hands of director Josephine Decker, a filmmaker uniquely suited to depicting personal expression on the big screen, the film version of The Sky Is Everywhere makes for a satisfying and special take on a particular sub-genre of YA story.
- 80The GuardianAdrian HortonThe GuardianAdrian HortonDecker infuses Nelson’s screenplay with a potent dose of whimsical fantasy, morphing Lennie’s tortuous bereavement into a lonely house, a romantic musical journey and a garden where other complicated, confusing emotions grow.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeLennie’s is not the only growth rippling beneath the surface of The Sky Is Everywhere. Although the film contains elements of Decker’s signature directorial style, it also reflects her attempts to evolve on a slightly different path. She’s having fun, and it shows.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonDecker proudly revels in Lennie’s scattered uniqueness, even as Lennie navigates the minefield of her choices and says some truly kooky things (“I wish my shadow could get up and walk beside me”). YA movies might not be your bag, but if they are, perhaps the NorCal vibe of “The Sky Is Everywhere” will strike a weepy chord.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAnd our child-actress-turned-young adult girl-next-door lead makes this flawed heroine sympathetic enough that she wears you down even as the movie around her sometimes just wears you out.
- 63Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeSlant MagazineSteven ScaifeThroughout, Josephine Decker effortlessly keys her intimate and eccentric style to her main character’s complicated inner turmoil.
- 58The A.V. ClubLeila LatifThe A.V. ClubLeila LatifDecker defangs herself with The Sky Is Everywhere, which seems to aim for putting something broadly positive in the world but lands on inconsequential.
- 40TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThe most serious problem in The Sky Is Everywhere is that Nelson’s screenplay has Lennie getting upset with people and generally freaking out in almost every scene, and this becomes irritating and monotonous because she is the central figure in the movie.
- 40VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerThe Sky Is Everywhere finds director Josephine Decker indulging in affectation overload in an effort to imbue her adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s young-adult novel with uplifting magic. Whereas individual moments might work on their own, however, the “Madeline’s Madeline” auteur’s latest never provides its romantic tale with room to breathe, so intent is it about operating with maximum whimsicality.