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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonA shattering portrait of a luckless woman unable to pull out of the tailspin that is her life, Where Is Kyra? is a powerfully moody character study anchored by a remarkable performance from Michelle Pfeiffer.
- 83The Film StageDan MeccaThe Film StageDan MeccaStarring an against-type and utterly fascinating Michelle Pfeiffer as the titular Kyra, the film narrows in on the tragedy of getting old in America.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfPfeiffer is nothing short of heartbreaking in a part that requires her to be completely unvarnished.
- 80VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeThe emotional range of Pfeiffer’s riveting performance isn’t a broad one, though this frequently nonverbal film is entirely reliant on her cutting powers of expression as she progresses from harrowed to exhausted and back, at risk of disappearing into herself entirely.
- 75The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloUnlike Oren Moverman’s superficially similar "Time Out Of Mind," in which Richard Gere plays a homeless man, Where Is Kyra? doesn’t constantly feel like what it necessarily is: the work of wealthy people simulating poverty. In part, that’s thanks to Pfeiffer’s vanity-free, internalized performance, which could hardly be more different from her deliciously abrasive turn in last year’s "Mother!" (It’s great to have her back.)
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenTerror gradually leaks into the narrative, transforming Where Is Kyra? into a haunting non-traditional thriller.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijIs it possible for a viewer to be touched by a character’s predicament and despair when every element of their life is so strikingly arranged? Because Pfeiffer disappears into her role and plays it small, and because Dosunmu’s modus operandi privileges visuals and the unspoken over dialogue and facile melodrama, the film sort of gets away with it, if just barely.
- 70Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriThe way Dosunmu shoots her, she feels somehow both fragile and unchanging: It wouldn’t take much to turn Kyra herself into a blur, to erase her from the screen completely; but the broader sorrow that she represents will never go away. Where is Kyra? She’s in the midst of disappearing, but she’s also everywhere.
- 42The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe problem with Dosunmu’s follow-up to the more compelling “Mother Of George” is that there is so little story — and what story there is moves at such a snail’s pace — that all you have to look at are Young’s impressive compositions and then you wait…and then wait some more.