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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019

Richard Linklater

Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig, Billy Crudup, Judy Greer ...

5.8

3,173

Comedy. Drama A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.

	Author	Review
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"[It] is at its best as a character study in female ambition and motherhood, at their most passionate and ambivalent (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"As erratic as its protagonist (...) [It] becomes compelling in its final act, but before that too often appears tonally addled and dramatically dawdling."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[A] befuddling comedy (...) Linklater works in a flowing prosaic style that served him well in a journalistic comedy like 'Bernie', only here the style isn’t lyrical or crazy enough."	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] might have lost something in the translation from page to screen, but taken on its terms the movie is satisfying"	POS
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Richard Linklater directed this? (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Sometimes idiosyncratic directors do surprisingly accessible and moving work when paired with more structured material and a strong and willing star, and so it is with Richard Linklater"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Blanchett can be a breathtakingly accomplished performer but she can also fall into excess (...) She fails to convince us that Bernadette is anything more than a collection of well-worn tics (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"I can’t wait to take my own middle-school-aged daughter to see it; it’s rare to find a movie about mothers and daughters that neither sentimentalizes nor oversimplifies that too often idealized relationship."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Despite the depth of feeling often on display, Richard Linklater’s latest is a frustratingly unconvincing portrait of a wilfully difficult individual seeking emotional equilibrium."	NEG

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