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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100By allowing Ejiofor the time and narrative space, even allowing many of the sermons to play out in full, to express Pearson’s confliction, Marston has created one of the more restrained explorations of faith in quite some time.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe movie's pounding heart is the remarkable Ejiofor. Imbuing his role with authority, charisma, mighty strength and wrenching human frailty, he's enough to make believers of all of us.
- 90VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeMarston, working from Marcus Hinchey’s sensitive and remarkably nuanced script, invites measured introspection from both his characters and the audience.
- 80Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangIt’s odd how effectively the movie winds up accomplishing what some of the best sermons do — heightening our compassion, stirring our emotions and intermittently earning our awe.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEjiofor’s performance make the movie; the rest, you may just have to take on faith.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergWhile Marcus Hinchey’s screenplay is occasionally too blunt, Come Sunday accords sympathetic moments to all its characters — a strategy that gives this chronicle of religious convictions a conviction of its own.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe movie that’s happening in Ejiofor’s eyes is far more wracked and compelling than the one that Marston shows us through his own.
- 50The A.V. ClubVikram MurthiThe A.V. ClubVikram MurthiDespite committed performances from most of the cast (especially Ejiofor, who imbues Pearson with a gentle yet stubborn spirit), Come Sunday can’t shake its middling script and perfunctory direction.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThe good news is that Ejiofor is great even in the scenes that don’t go anywhere. Those who find heaven here on earth in the form of strong film performances ought to commune with Come Sunday. The rest can sleep in.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenIn the film, Joshua Marston leaches the narrative of nearly all the social texture that infused and empowered “Heretics,” the 2005 episode of the This American Life podcast that inspired this biopic.