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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 24 Aug 2017

Both writer and director set out in search of a heroine. They're so intent on crafting a legend, they leave out the uncomfortable bits…

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By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 Aug 2017

Maudie delivers as an occasionally touching portrait of the woman because of an incredible leading performance by Sally Hawkins who dissolves…

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By Sr. Rose Pacatte (156) for St. Anthony Messenger (31) on 23 Aug 2017

Director Aisling Walsh handles Sherry White's script with depth and sensitivity…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 22 Aug 2017

A lead performance alive with exquisite spirit and inspiration elevates Maudie, a selective biopic of famous Canadian 'outsider' artist Maud…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Aug 2017

Although the material is slight, the humanity and its universality make it cinematic, if not entirely satisfying…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Aug 2017

While neither of the central characters is especially likeable, it is the dynamic of the unusual relationship between them that sparks our interest…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 16 Aug 2017

Maud's life was constricted, but her gaze was expansive. And so is her movie…

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By Dorothy Woodend (313) for The Tyee (British Columbia) (313) on 14 Aug 2017

The story, the characters, and the place, there is beauty in each one, but they fail to conjoin…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 09 Aug 2017

With its plaintive score and bleak landscapes, it seems to unfold as slowly as a Nova Scotia winter, but it has one thunderously exciting asset…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 09 Aug 2017

What an immersive and strangely transporting picture this is…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 08 Aug 2017

Shines as a substantial illustration that love can take root even in the context of failure, frailty, and poverty --in fact, those things just…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 06 Aug 2017

Alongside a gruffer-than-gruff Ethan Hawke as Everett, Sally Hawkins hunches and hobbles as the arthritic Maud, but this never seems too much…

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By Hilary A White (243) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 06 Aug 2017

Dubliner Aisling Walsh's biopic of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis is a handsome, sensitive drama, laced with tragedy and discord…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 06 Aug 2017

Maudie is a sad film about poor people, but it could scarcely be more open to benevolence and quiet humanism…

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By Marie Asner (63) for Phantom Tollbooth (102) on 06 Aug 2017

The scenery of Nova Scotia is beautifully [filmed] by cinematographer Guy Timmins…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 05 Aug 2017

Walsh's film feels jarringly at odds with contemporary sensibilities. A bully is a bully, no matter how cheerfully he is painted…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 03 Aug 2017

Sally Hawkins is wonderful as the fragile but irrepressible Maudie, and Ethan Hawke is, if anything, even better as a man terrified of caring…

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By Alan Corr (65) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 03 Aug 2017

Sally Hawkins gives the performance of her life in this touching portrait of Canadian artist Maud Lewis…

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By Matt Wolf (69) for The Arts Desk (640) on 03 Aug 2017

[Maudie] feels frustratingly incomplete where it really counts…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for iNews.co.uk (132) on 03 Aug 2017

Hawkins is simply terrific, immersing herself completely in the character and imbuing her with an infectious sense of warmth and optimism…

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