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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLike Agnès Varda’s similar 1962 French New Wave classic “Cléo From 5 to 7,” the thoughtful Here and Now uses one woman’s sudden awareness of her own mortality as an excuse to focus intently on the many moments of intense emotion that make up a day in the big city.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichSuperficiality reigns, but then a truly affecting scene will pop up.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichFor an homage boasting a far more fatal outlook than Varda’s original, it’s frustrating and kind of perverse that Blue Night should be so gentle.
- 50Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyScreen DailyDavid D'ArcyIt’s ambitious, and she hits some of the right notes, but much of it ends up off-key.
- 50TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThis is very much a vehicle for Parker, and it plays into some of her strengths and many of her weaknesses.
- 50Film ThreatMatthew PassantinoFilm ThreatMatthew PassantinoBlue Night plods along for 96 Minutes, creating a surface-level exploration of its character’s life.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyDana SchwartzEntertainment WeeklyDana SchwartzBut for most of the film, Parker’s Vivienne is bland and forgettable. A scene where she sleeps with the drummer in her backup band is supposed to be titillating but instead feels perfunctory.
- 50ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedNothing seems real, including the fact that the star is playing an allegedly legendary jazz singer without a single indication that she has any talent for the job. Although she looks weary and downbeat for good reason, she is touching and fearless in an underwritten role, and the considerable vocal chops she has displayed onstage in Broadway musicals serve her well, even when the movie doesn’t.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThis film barely scrapes the surface when it comes to conveying everything someone in Vivienne’s shoes might be feeling.
- 40The New York TimesAisha HarrisThe New York TimesAisha HarrisIt all adds up to a film aiming to be a moving character study (and an ostensible homage to Agnés Varda’s “Cléo From 5 to 7,” a far more vivid exploration of existentialism), but instead feels adrift.