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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganAll in all, it’s the strength of vision which impresses — the confidence and the brio of a film-maker adapting a novel and losing herself inside it, making no apologies for her interpretation.
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakAdapting a book by Deborah Kay Davies, director Harry Wootliff and her co-writer Molly Davies bring True Things to life as a quasi-reaction to Instagram captions generally painting a much sunnier picture than reality could ever prove.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWootliff cuts away everything other than the raw nerves that are left exposed, creating a film more elemental than narrative.
- 60Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenThe ending offers only a slightly clichéd vision of emancipation that leaves the picture not much clearer. After showing how hard life can be, it feels a little bit too easy.
- 60EmpireIan FreerEmpireIan FreerIt says little that is new and lacks heat, but Wilson and Burke inhabit a compelling mismatched couple, with Wootliff finding cinematic ways to get under their skin. A flawed but admirable attempt to take the temperature of a dark, modern relationship.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeAlthough the film handles the process of being subsumed by love well, the characters ultimately feel too thin to make Kate’s awakening persuasive.
- 42The PlaylistSophie Monks KaufmanThe PlaylistSophie Monks KaufmanTrue Things spins such a familiar tale that its success rides on how convincingly a mood is conjured. It needs to be so raw that the predictable is rewritten anew in the specific chemistry of these characters. Instead, it is, for the most part, a mood piece drained of mood
- 40The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksTrue Things is not a bad film, exactly. The actors play it like they mean it, while the drama itself carries a natural dry charge. But it’s unambitious, sometimes clunky and doesn’t wrong-foot us once.