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Summary Wildcat invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Ge...

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2024
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 43 m

Wildcat

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Wildcat invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Ge...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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50% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
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50% Mixed
6 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
May 3, 2024
It’s a soulful, pointed and unconventional grappling with the mysteries of the deeply Catholic, norm-shattering Georgia native’s life and work.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
63
May 3, 2024
Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What is certain is that he’s drawn a rich and multilayered performance from his daughter, Maya Hawke, in the starring role.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 13, 2023
Ultimately, though, the combination of handsome visuals and assemblage of sketchy moments leave it feeling more like a museum piece, offering impressions over a gratifying narrative experience.
By Matt Maytum FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 3, 2023
It’s emotionally exhausting, but audiences come away with a sense of her legacy, as well as an appreciation for the adversity she faced (and, to a lesser degree, a sense of the criticism that has been leveled against her).
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 14, 2023
For as much care and passion that the Hawkes put into Wildcat, the film never knows what it wants to be or even what audience it wants to be speaking to.
By Nate Richard FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 13, 2023
Ethan Hawke has good taste, and his past undertakings as director have affirmed that, but the biopic’s big built-in pitfall – the psychologically facile connect-the-dots between a figure’s life and works – swallows up his perceptible esteem for O’Connor.
By Charles Bramesco FULL REVIEW
16
Sep 15, 2023
One hopes Wildcat can disappear into thin air so that it doesn’t have to weigh on Hawke’s legacy.
By Ethan Vestby FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Good Country Pictures, Kingdom Story Company, Renovo Media Group, Under the Influence Productions
Release Date May 3, 2024
Duration 1 h 43 m
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