Review of Take This Waltz (2011) by Heather G — 04 Nov 2012

One of the most honest, real, and best films I've seen all year.

This review of Take This Waltz (2011) was written by Heather G on 04 Nov 2012.

Take This Waltz has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Take This Waltz (2011) Movie Reviews (630)
Take This Waltz (2011) Critic Reviews (108)
Take This Waltz (2011) User Reviews (522)

More Reviews of Take This Waltz

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Kuanyin L (5) on 18 Dec 2014

When I go to movies that are couched in reality like this one I tend to look for meaning, an underlying message that reaffirms the basic decency…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Honestreviews9 (3) on 18 Feb 2015

I give it a 2 because Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman were the only characters worth watching in this film…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Miles S (171) on 26 Nov 2016

A dark, sober study of how change isn't the way out of a personal crisis. Michelle Williams is excellent…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Héliø L (92) on 22 Jun 2014

Sarah Polley doing it for all the women on Earth since 1979. Not recommended for brides to be…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Cory E (35) on 21 Feb 2016

Great photography, but the dialogue is so inane and the story so lacking in verisimilitude I can't justify rating it higher than 3/5…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Logan M (1,902) on 18 Mar 2016

It's a tender story that is brought down by boring dialogue and characters who are too distant to be personal…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 26 Nov 2021

I liked Michelle Williams character in this film - Margot…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Film W (38) on 13 Jan 2015

A strange, stilted movie worth watching just for the erotic scene in the restaurant where the hero describes his seduction of the protagonist…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Byron B (1,084) on 09 Apr 2015

I'd watch anything with Michelle Williams in…

Read Review

Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 16 Aug 2014

Sexually charged, frank, and relatable, Take This Waltz is a bittersweet observation of adult romance…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Runaway Bride (1999)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 May 2000

Another contrived, unconvincing romantic comedy that once again mixes stale sitcom humor with laughable attempts at pathos and emotional depth…

Read Review

Review of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 05 May 2012

These actors know how to liven up a room, yet here they're forced to perform in Miller's Theater for the Overwritten…

Read Review

Review of Munchies (1987)

By Brandon S (2,121) on 25 Feb 2010

It's been a while since I've seen it, but I do remember it was really, really dumb (which I guess is to be expected) and only occasionally…

Read Review

Review of The 11th Hour (2007)

By S.a.sr. (1) on 30 Aug 2007

BORING-INFORMATIVE-BUT BORING AS HELL. I could've waited for the documentary to come to HBO On Demand, or any ON DEMAND for that matter…

Read Review

Review of Afterparty (2013)

By Damir A (136) on 31 Oct 2014

Decent slasher-thriller from Spain. Reasonably interesting and entertaining: good setup, decent amount of intrigue and tension…

Read Review

Review of Hotel Very Welcome (2007)

By Cristina M (66) on 24 Aug 2008

The phone conversation is the best part of the movie, which doesn't say anything good about it…

Read Review

Review of Carolina (2003)

By Andy C (1,868) on 07 Mar 2012

Shocking. Absolutely shocking. The entire plot revolves around a neurotic southern family with Shirley MacLaine at the head…

Read Review

Review of Language Lessons (2021)

By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Sep 2021

The twists in the story are meant to raise the emotional stakes, but they have the opposite effect, undermining the credibility of the premise…

Read Review

Review of The Fallout (2021)

By Datpino (4) on 09 Dec 2022

Woke and under age sexuality forced onto you from the off set of the movie. Gross child groomers are at it again…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Take This Waltz

2011

63%630 Reviews

Pokkuveyil

1982

62%738 Reviews

The Order

2001

30%48 Reviews

Kapo

1960

77%9 Reviews

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993

49%51 Reviews

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

2013

50%761 Reviews

Dear Wendy

2005

58%255 Reviews

27 Dresses

2008

57%625 Reviews

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994

44%388 Reviews

The East

2013

68%466 Reviews