Evening
Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 33
  3. Negative: 6 out of 33
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    There are few things more depressing than a weeper that doesn't make you weep.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    30
    Doesn’t seem as if it would translate easily to the big screen. It hasn't.
  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    30
    Rarely have so many gifted women labored so tastefully to bring forth such a wee, lockjawed mouse.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    Vanessa Redgrave spends Evening dying, and so does Evening.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    25
    Evening proves that there are such things as mistakes, by featuring two hours of bad choices and half-executed ideas.
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    20
    Redgrave still manages to inspire awe, yet a poetically prosaic moment like the one in which she goes chasing after a butterfly is enough to throw a net over the whole thing.

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User Score
4.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 8 out of 13
  1. GABRIELPOERSCH
    8
    the wonderful performances and spectacular work of Elend Kaczmarek on the soundtrack should make people rethink the idea that 100% of films should be full of action, with no time allowed for reflection or absorption… Full Review »
  2. DanH.
    10
    Great Movie, Tense exciting and romantic
  3. FranceL.
    2
    Wrapping a film in luscious sets, peopling a film with gifted actors, decorating a film with lovely music, does not a good movie make if, at its core, it consists of poorly written dialogue, lacks any uniting tension to justify the viewer's interest, and contains too many disjointed scenes in dire need of editing.… Full Review »
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