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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis intense drama co-starring Jeanne Tripplehorn and writer-director Leland Orser is at times too minimalistic for its own good, but it has a powerful emotional immediacy that fully grips the viewer by the time it reaches its wrenching conclusion.
- 75ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedSensitively written and carefully directed with keenly observed nuance by Leland Orser, who also plays the grief-stricken husband driven to the brink of madness by the sudden death of his son, it’s a film that touches the heart with the tenderness of understatement.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleOn the surface, this may seem like a bleak film, because it's so raw. But ultimately this is a movie about the mysterious ways in which we find a path toward healing, and its beautiful final moments stay with you.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAcute emotional honesty and a frustrating narrative coyness coincide in Morning.
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonAn initially intriguing but ultimately exhausting tale of grieving parents left quite literally dazed and confused in the wake of their young son’s death.
- 40Time OutTime OutAs an exercise in grief, Orser’s drama is affecting, exhausting and something of a shortcut.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe movie gets too claustrophobic, while its noble attempt to take on suffering remains laudable.
- 38New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartIt often seems like an acting workshop: Behave as if you are the parent of a dead child.
- 10Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerIt's a mannered, over-the-top approximation of real anguish and hopelessness that's so phony that it's borderline insulting to those who've truly experienced such tragedy.