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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenWithout a drop of self-congratulatory "enlightenment," Land occupies a wild terrain of ineffable tenderness.
- 90VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeBless Wright for paring Land down to a beautiful haiku, and for delivering a performance that’s ambiguous and understated in all the right ways.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganWright’s moving performance and some genuine heart-felt and -breaking moments amid all this natural majesty make Land a journey worth taking.
- 67The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangDespite some pretty vistas and a typically watchable performance from Wright, Land proffers rather too tidy a reiteration of things the movies taught us long ago, about how embracing life means embracing pain and how it’s only through connecting to others that we can truly know ourselves.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiEntertainment WeeklyMary SollosiWhat does come through are the good intentions of everyone involved. There's a great sincerity here, even in the schmaltzier bits, demonstrating a real belief in the humanity on display — however contrived the vehicle for it.
- 65SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaTearful confessions and big dramatic beats fail when contrasted with the emotions that swell up from the unblemished beauty of the landscape. It ultimately left me cold and feeling as if Land‘s central drama was unable to compete with nature.
- 65TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanTheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanIt would be nice to see Wright work from a stronger script next time, but she rises above the limitations admirably.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandWhile Wright, making her feature directorial debut with tough material, exhibits an appealing unfussiness, so much of Land is painful not for its subject matter, but because of its predictability.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThere’s just not enough here to make it a worthwhile retread through familiar territory, proof of Wright’s basic competency as a director but nothing more.