Bright Leaves
Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Deeply personal, morally alert, and highly entertaining.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    100
    Bright Leaves' takes on a sizable foe -- in this case, big tobacco -- but with such grace and wit that his message never seems medicinal.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    90
    While making his new film, he (McElwee) imagines that his boy is looking back at his screen image from some distant point in the future, when McElwee himself is gone. No child of a moviemaker could ask for a more beautiful bequest.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    By the end of this reflective, wise, often hilarious movie, you feel as though he (McElwee) has slapped a huge chunk of raw, palpitating life onto the screen.
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    90
    A brilliantly amusing couple of hours.
  6. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    88
    Another of Charlotte native Ross McElwee's musings about his family, history (this time the tobacco industry) and life. It may be his best.

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