User Score
6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Negative: 2 out of 7

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  1. GeorgeK
    Jun 14, 2009
    6
    A sentimental, pompous ode to a city and time which are of little importance, not to mention long gone. It's basically an old homsexual romanticizing about his youth and the way things were once upon a time. If you enjoy watching gray paint dry,you'll love this movie.
  2. JohnM
    May 14, 2009
    3
    Very disappointed given the reviews I'd heard. To me, Terence Davies' delivery didn't work. Liverpool should have been the star of the show and too often was not allowed to be.
Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The film is made up chiefly of found footage and therefore lacks the mise en scene of its predecessors, but it has the added benefit of Davies's voice-over narration, which, thanks to his training and experience as an actor, is enormously powerful.
  2. Reviewed by: Duane Byrge
    90
    Poetically composed, with marvelous lumps of wit and perspective, Of Times and The City is a masterwork.
  3. Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    80
    Result is by turns moving, droll and charming, and niftily assembled, but not necessarily that profound.