My Happy Family
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): December 1, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
86
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmDec 7, 2017
Many of the year’s best films feature female protagonists who are resolved to live on their own terms, and My Happy Family ranks right alongside them. Read full review
100
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpJan 28, 2017
We’re left with a prickly kind of harmony that blends mundanity with profundity. There’s no more perfect a note for a film as intelligent, compassionate, and complex as “My Happy Family” to end on than that. Read full review
100
Village VoiceBilge EbiriJan 28, 2017
There isn’t a single second that doesn’t ring as achingly true. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnJan 28, 2017
It’s at once a celebration of individuality and its potential to unnerve those who resist it. Read full review
83
The Film StageBrian RoanFeb 17, 2017
With a remarkable fullness of understanding, it tells a deeply personal story while revealing essential human truths, all without ever feeling constructed or false. Read full review
80
CineVuePatrick GambleFeb 15, 2017
A low-key yet complex family drama, My Happy Family is a quietly devastating portrait of what it means to be a woman in a man's world. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJan 28, 2017
It’s a simple, somewhat mundane scenario that, in the hands of a terrific cast and two talented filmmakers, is transformed into a minor Greek comic-tragedy, with one fearless woman trying to stave off loved ones who smother her with guilt and affection. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallJan 28, 2017
Slow-paced but always absorbing, the film features a magnetic central performance by Ia Shugliashvili as one of the strongest, most quietly heroic introverts we’ve seen on screen in a while. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDerek SmithNov 29, 2017
It casually lays out the domestic space where the story’s events takes place with acutely detailed cultural specificity. Read full review
70
VarietyAlissa SimonJan 28, 2017
Providing certain vivid detail but rather lacking in vitality, Ekvtimishvili’s screenplay is stronger on sociology than drama. Read full review
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