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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWith its lack of pretensions, Miss Potter is that rare breed of cinematic animal: a movie whose entire goal is to entertain and perhaps apply a gentle touch to the heart.
- 75USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigIt is a lovely film for the holiday season, as well as afterward, and is reminiscent of "Finding Neverland," without the darker undercurrents.
- 70TimeTimeThe director, Chris Noonan, doesn't play to our sentiments, he just lets them naturally evolve--even the animation of a few of her (Potter's) drawings doesn't feel especially forced. The result is an honorable and curiously winning film.
- 70SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekA very gentle-spirited picture, but it's not a self-consciously precious one.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghEndearing without being especially engaging.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe problem confronting writer Richard Maltby Jr. and director Chris Noonan is that Potter lived a fairly uneventful life once you remove her success as an author.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerRenee Zellweger, in another Blighty role, struggles to make Beatrix credible.
- 60EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoPitched awkwardly -- neither for children nor cool young adults -- it's very sweet, very nice and just the thing for a girlie matinée with mum and nan.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBy most accounts, Potter was a serious workaholic monomaniacally devoted to the purity of her vision. Undaunted, Noonan and Maltby are determined to squeeze her life into a run-of-the-mill romance in which love heals all wounds.
- 50Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoThe movie is at once a flagrant piece of kitsch and an unexpectedly affecting story about an individual overcoming personal tragedy and brutally restrictive circumstances by talent and force of will.