Dolan has found a way to exasperate and exhaust his audience, but he has also achieved a completely unexpected catharsis at the end of an agonizing hour and a half. Standing there on the grave of dreams, he knows why the caged bird sings.
– Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 May 2016
rotten:
A disappointment, even for the Dolan faithful.
– Jon Frosch,
Hollywood Reporter,
19 May 2016
rotten:
This is one of those dysfunctional-family angstfests that one finds either powerfully cathartic or nigh-well intolerable. I fall into the latter camp.
– Mike D'Angelo,
AV Club,
19 May 2016
rotten:
A wonderful cast are sadly wasted on this screeching melodrama.
– Catherine Bray,
Time Out,
20 May 2016
fresh:
It maintains an almost unbearable tension throughout its 95-minute running time, as an A-list cast of French actors tear into each other over long-simmering family conflicts, the camera just inches from their faces.