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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOne of the greatest documentaries I’ve ever seen.
- 83The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAlternately candid and cagey, Robert Greene’s documentary turns the chores and frustrations of a modern-day homemaker into a study in roles — social and personal, conscious and unintentional, on-camera and off. It isn’t, by any means, a difficult movie, but neither does it take any easy routes.
- 80The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurrayIt’s simultaneously tricky and profound—a documentary about something small that gradually grows to cover so much more.
- 80Village VoiceCalum MarshVillage VoiceCalum MarshGreene seems fascinated by the contradictory identities — each a kind of real-life performance — that Burre endeavors to reconcile, and he is profoundly sensitive to the emotional truth these performances describe.
- 75Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardIt convincingly reconciles private passion with public desire by suggesting that, for women in particular, the 21st-century limelight is always on, no matter the setting or venue.
- 75RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireGreene’s film is deceptively profound in that it’s about a specific woman with a specific kind of life, yet it has universal resonance as a reflection of the struggle so many women endure—the desire to be all things to all people and inevitably failing someone, the yearning to balance career and parenthood and never finding enough time to do either completely right.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Greene’s impressionistic style and rough, off-center compositions create an atmosphere of intimacy, as if the viewer were being invited to read Ms. Burre’s diary or her mind.
- 67The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicWhile zooming in and out of Burre’s life, Greene foregoes true insight in favor of a stylistic approach, using the kind of cinematic language that’s often reserved for fiction and feature films, and the result leaves you admiring Actress greatly, but from a distance.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe director attempts to infuse the film with a dreamy poeticism via slow motion and other stylistic devices, with the results feeling mildly pretentious.