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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinIf Blackbird shows us anything it’s that no matter how carefully we plan, life resists perfection, right up to the end.
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate Erbland"Blackbird" may be a tearjerker, but it’s also a reminder that there’s more to tears than tragedy, even in the midst of personal loss.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThanks to Michell and a fine cast, it works admirably well — at least to a point, at which some viewers may feel [screenwriter Christian] Torpe piles on one crisis too many.
- 70Film ThreatAndy HowellFilm ThreatAndy HowellEven though you can see the strings in the puppet act, the plight of the characters still sometimes manages to get to you.
- 67The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyThe picture’s biggest flaw is that it’s so mellow it occasionally veers into inertia.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreDirector Roger Michell (“Venus,”Notting Hill”) cast this well and earns stellar on-the-nose performances from Sarandon, Wilson, Duncan and Wasikowska.
- 50The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerWith its quasi-literary tone and over-calculated concessions to the messiness of real life, the movie settles for coming across like a clumsy amalgamation of the wonderful Amy Bloom short story “Love Is Not A Pie” and the 1998 Sarandon tearjerker "Stepmom." The hollow, unsatisfying feeling the movie leaves behind may be the most authentically funereal thing about it.
- 40The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeIt’s less of a film and more of an actors’ workshop, an exercise for everyone involved but meaningless to us.
- 40Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonBut as lovely as Blackbird can be, it’s never particularly insightful or compelling — for a film meant to celebrate life, the storytelling is curiously moribund.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThere almost isn't a single shot in it where every member of the cast isn't Acting ... The result is, at times, insufferably pleased with itself.