I Am Greta
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): November 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
6
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0
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100
Original-CinKaren GordonOct 22, 2020
I Am Greta is a wonderful, rich documentary and at points it moved me to tears. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 27, 2020
It’s clear that Thunberg knows the science and can talk about the Keeling Curve and the Albedo Effect, even if the journalists and heads of states she meets can’t. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayNov 10, 2020
Still, there’s something instructive in how little progress Thunberg seems to make even with sympathetic politicians—which means that she has to keep raising her pitch. And there’s definitely something infuriating about all the clips of world leaders and snarky TV pundits mocking Greta, calling her stridently angry, dangerously naive, and even “mentally ill.” Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayNov 23, 2020
Even more than describing her cause, the affecting I Am Greta introduces us to the person herself, digging deep into why she’s pushing herself so hard, to do what our planet’s adults apparently won’t. Read full review
80
VoxAlissa WilkinsonNov 19, 2020
What might be best about I Am Greta is a related theme woven throughout the film. She speaks to the camera frequently, frankly, and without embarrassment about her experience of having Asperger syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder she refreshingly sees as a positive rather than a negative. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 14, 2020
Grossman’s film makes us appreciate what a smart kid she is and how she somehow shrugs off the way she triggers the climate-denial right. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmNov 13, 2020
Since Thunberg is one of the most gifted and arresting speakers alive today, I Am Greta is inherently compelling as a behind-the-scenes document of the vulnerabilities masked by her forceful persona. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonNov 10, 2020
I Am Greta does show why she is a powerful voice. The key to her appeal is her honesty and her “innocence,” or as some would say, naivete. Read full review
75
IndieWireKate ErblandSep 15, 2020
I Am Greta is not always as disarmingly open as its star, however, and keeping its focus so narrowly on the past two years robs it of some nuance. Read full review
75
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezSep 15, 2020
I Am Greta may be a bit uneven, a little unsatisfying, and low on Climate Change context but it will stir the spirit and absolutely inspire your deep admiration for this devoted and steadfast teenager, and her commitment to real change and political accountability. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldNov 12, 2020
It’s a bit of a blur, but Thunberg strikingly upends the stereotype of the young innocent as poster girl. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesSep 15, 2020
I Am Greta is a smoothly constructed view of a heroine in the making, and of how the world largely embraced and sometimes dismissed her. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLee MarshallSep 15, 2020
What is so compelling is the picture I Am Greta pieces together of Thunberg herself. Read full review
63
Slant MagazinePat BrownNov 9, 2020
Even though it’s about a person who speaks with courage about the urgency of the global crisis, I Am Greta itself doesn’t possess enough of that urgency.
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