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Madeline's Madeline (2018) - Critic Reviews - Page 3 of 5

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By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Aug 2018

Even if it’s a film that will challenge any viewer, it benefits from a strong premise, a story line that more or less holds up, and three…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 21 Aug 2018

Despite the strong lead performance and these immersive aesthetics, Madeline remains frustratingly at a distance…

Review of Madeline's Madeline (2018)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 21 Aug 2018

Indeed, what Decker does behind the camera is just as daring, and as artful, as what Howard does in front of it…

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By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 21 Aug 2018

Beautifully acted and featuring a head-spinning variety of dream-like images…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 20 Aug 2018

If you enjoy the soft-grained, difficult, probing nature of Decker's film - and I did, for the most part - it pays off in quiet, almost peripheral…

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By Stuart Klawans (282) for The Nation (355) on 16 Aug 2018

A movie that respects the fluidity of a 16-year-old's sense of self by demanding to be a what the hell? experience…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 15 Aug 2018

Madeline’s Madeline is the product of a lengthy, improvisation-heavy collaboration between Decker and her star, an astonishing teenage discovery…

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By Caroline Siede (75) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 13 Aug 2018

Whether or not the film fully lands will come down to how much you’re willing to give yourself over to its theatrical world…

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By Nathanael Hood (305) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 12 Aug 2018

It's impossible to dismiss Madeline's Madeline completely. It's too bold, too brave, too defiantly itself to be written off as a complete misfire…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 10 Aug 2018

Madeline’s Madeline mistakes intimacy for honesty, and it mis-assumes that audiences care nearly as much about the creative process as actors…

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By Erika W. Smith (54) for Bust Magazine (182) on 09 Aug 2018

The acting here is strong, particularly from Helena Howard-it's hard to believe this is her debut…

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By Willow Maclay (6) for MUBI (191) on 09 Aug 2018

Helena Howard is the real deal, and so is Madeline. That this is her first performance is nothing short of revolutionary…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 09 Aug 2018

More concerned with atmosphere and mood than linear narrative, this eccentric backstage theater drama proves that expressive newcomer Helena…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 09 Aug 2018

It's a visceral experience... Some viewers may find it too nerve-jangling, and it's hard to blame them. But it's a must-see for risk-takers…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 09 Aug 2018

A tense, loopy look at acting and writing, the movie is at times deliberately off-putting…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Aug 2018

Madeline’s Madeline, the third feature from writer-director Josephine Decker, is a self-devouring thing: a movie about artistic process that…

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By Matthew Passantino (89) for Film Threat (5,156) on 09 Aug 2018

Over the course of 93 minutes, Madeline’s Madeline simultaneously feels like nothing happens and everything happens…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Aug 2018

By pushing to the edges of her own iconoclastic vision, director Josephine Decker touches on universal truths rarely found inside a multiplex…

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By Natalia Winkelman (145) for The Daily Beast (380) on 09 Aug 2018

An immersive piece of meta-art that transcends conventional narrative boundaries and probes the ethics of collaboration, authority, and ownership…

Review of Madeline's Madeline (2018)

By Andrew Todd (31) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 09 Aug 2018

Howard's performance is captivating, drawing us into every emotional peak and trough as she goes about her journey…

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