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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistNoel MurrayThe PlaylistNoel MurrayAt it’s best, Newness is about how nothing’s really all that new.
- 65The VergeKaitlyn TiffanyThe VergeKaitlyn TiffanyNewness is a modern love story, where selfies and LTE play a role, but its sweet, wildly optimistic final minutes are something else entirely.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAs a sympathetic look at two likeable lovers who don't know what's good for them, it's enough to give us a rooting interest — even if we're rooting for the two protagonists to accept the consequences of their mistakes and move on.
- 50The Film StageJordan RuimyThe Film StageJordan RuimyNewness attempts to be a prescient look at modern passion, but it ends up recycling the same old tired clichés that invade most sappy cinematic love stories.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAn initially captivating drama that loses steam once predictability starts to take hold.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe trouble with Newness — and the reason it’s shot in such a clinical vérité fashion — is that it’s a thesis movie, heady and ambitious yet overly thought out.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWhat value there is to be found is in its cast. Hoult and Costa are charismatic, committed, and totally capable of making it feel as though their characters really can’t see what’s coming.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanSurely there is a good movie to be made about caring polyamorous relationships, but as with any romantic story the audience needs to fall in love with the idea of these characters being in love.