The Apology
RLJ Entertainment | Release Date: December 16, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
25
ColliderErick MassotoDec 16, 2022
The Apology is a dreadful story told horribly. It fails to understand its own protagonist, underestimates character development, and ignores the rules it establishes for itself. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 16, 2022
The revelations taper off in the film’s second half, sapping it of some energy as it hits the homestretch. But the characters’ despair and passion remains gripping throughout, as they force each other into some overdue reckonings with the past. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganDec 19, 2022
Even with intense performances from Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) and Linus Roache (Law & Order) guiding the action, the film would be far more effective as a taut short than a filled-out feature. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsDec 16, 2022
Watching The Apology, one gets the sense that Locke and her team got to tell the exact story they wanted to and on their terms. Their drama has unusual integrity since it's (mostly) not about canned answers to complex questions. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMatthew JacksonDec 16, 2022
Where The Apology slips up, and where it slips up frequently, is in the journey between that wonderful opening turn towards darkness and the heart-wrenching conclusion, in which all three stars give it everything they’ve got and Locke’s script once again ratchets the tension and the darkness all the way up. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyDec 16, 2022
Working on a small budget, writer-director Alison Locke puts the confinement of one location in service of her claustrophobic script. A promising first feature. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 15, 2022
A play-like trudge through seesawing power dynamics, bursts of violence, perpetual gloom and a ludicrously attenuated finale, The Apology could have doubled its tension by halving its running time. Read full review
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