The Kindness of Strangers
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: February 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
6
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63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 10, 2020
It doesn’t wholly come off, with back stories too thinly developed, pathos and cruelty blending with the whimsy of a New York con. Read full review
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Screen DailyWendy IdeFeb 14, 2019
It’s a big-hearted picture, certainly, but one that doggedly labours its message. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 14, 2019
While the movie works to depict how kindness breeds kindness, even in the cruelest of environments, it spends much of the time watching its motley collection of lost souls chase their own tails. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 14, 2019
The Kindness of Strangers is one of those terrible ideas for a film: ensemble dramas that are superficially attractive because of all the big names shoehorned into the cast-list. Read full review
40
VarietyGuy LodgeFeb 14, 2019
Too much of the kindness in “Strangers” feels sentimentally story-dictated rather than born of profound human observation, leaving you with mild, woolly good feeling but little to contemplate or chew on. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyFeb 14, 2020
Scherfig’s latest effort pursues something naively magical, only to end up with a mélange of miscalculated, cheap sentiments. Read full review
38
Slant MagazinePat BrownFeb 14, 2019
The film’s repetitive and lifeless dialogue robs otherwise charismatic performers of distinguishing characteristics. Read full review
30
TheWrapMonica CastilloFeb 14, 2020
Despite its feel-good title, The Kindness of Strangers is a rather bleak movie, one so tied to the miseries of its characters that it’s difficult to see the point of it at all. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFeb 14, 2019
As a supposed snapshot of life in the unaccommodating big city, and of the humane gestures that can soften that harshness, it feels utterly synthetic, not to mention a romantically "European" view of New York that's sheer nonsense. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzDec 2, 2019
Okay, one kind word: Bill Nighy is clearly enjoying himself playing a New York businessman whose caviar restaurant improbably becomes a beacon for a host of impoverished ne’re-do-wells. But that is the only nicety I can muster for this otherwise cartoonish treacle. Read full review
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The Film StageRory O'ConnorFeb 14, 2019
In spite of it all, the cast members do themselves justice for the most and I couldn’t help but be charmed by Riseborough’s wide-eyed decency as she hosts her frequent “forgiveness” meetings–not to mention be seduced by Nighy’s signature suave detachment. Read full review
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