70
Metascore
25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonAs ever, Moretti creates a rich and incredibly detailed world, one where every character has a life that stretches far beyond their on-screen scenes.
- 80Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallIts relatively tranquil surface, its small amusements (many of them revolving around a tasty turn by John Turturro as a histrionically insecure American leading man), its moments of touching, almost Sirkian melodrama, above all its ability to tease resonant themes out of seemingly inconsequential scenes or lines of dialogue, make for a film that is greater than the sum of its parts.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawMia Madre is a tremendously smart and enjoyable movie.
- 80EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoAmong the excellent principals, top-billed Turturro enlivens things wonderfully, but the real star, Buy, is magnificent.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungSimplicity and maturity of vision are the virtues here, good qualities but perhaps a little too understated for major attention-grabbing.
- 70VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergMoretti’s exploration of loss is unquestionably affecting, and My Mother has powerful moments, yet they’re not always well integrated with the broadly pitched moviemaking scenes, featuring a caricaturish John Turturro.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe film is a carefully measured and satisfying, albeit occasionally deaf-tone, suite of fleeting, dispersed impressions.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleMia Madre is an intimate and sincerely made family portrait, which ends up betraying its own indifference to anything beyond the confines of the family.
- Turturro deserves four stars – but the rest of Moretti’s saggy melodrama is scarcely half as good.