53
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceScott TobiasVillage VoiceScott TobiasMy Friend Victoria has a specific vibrancy as delicate and understated as Lessing's social critique. It's an accumulation of small moments: telling gazes, sour notes in the dialogue, the persistent impression of a woman who's in a room but never fully present.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerVictoria is definitely what you would call a passive protagonist, and although the film subtly explores questions of ethnic identity, it doesn't necessarily keep one engaged until the end.
- 50Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film disappoints in its refusal to allow for deeper articulations of racism beyond, well, visible and verbal displays of racism.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAs drifting and dreamy as its searching heroine, My Friend Victoria takes a graceful but unsatisfying stroll through the life and longings of a young black woman in contemporary Paris.