77
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonThe New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonApolonia, Apolonia is beguiling as a portrait of women with ambition, but also bittersweet.
- 90Paste MagazinePaste MagazineAt the beginning of Apolonia, Apolonia, Glob proclaims her goal: To create an eternal portrait of her subject, one that evokes the paintings of kings. She accomplishes this feat, leaving a dazzling record of Sokol’s life that champions and carries on her legacy as an artist.
- 80Screen DailyNeil YoungScreen DailyNeil YoungVery much a collaborative affair between subject Apolonia Sokol and Danish filmmaker Lea Glob, it also functions as a snapshot of millennial creatives and their struggles to balance public and private lives amid external financial and psychological pressures.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe artist’s charm is never more apparent than in the final section of Apolonia, Apolonia, in which we hear Glob and Apolonia’s phone conversations. Apolonia is no longer just a subject but a confidant. She has pulled not only Glob but us, too, into her orbit.
- 75RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyRogerEbert.comTomris LafflyThe result is something deeply reflective about femininity, culture, commerce, friendship, sexuality and the various souls who dwell in the impossible intersection of it all.
- 50IndieWireMarya E. GatesIndieWireMarya E. GatesWhile Glob took exception with the assessment that Apolonia’s personality was more interesting than her work, her surface level portrait of her as both an artist and as person ironically upholds that very statement.