Emilia Pérez: reviews

What the critics say average 6.7 from 4

• 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney The baseline is a drama of criminality and redemption, but then there's an unforced current of Almodóvarian humor, along with moments of melodrama, noir, social realism, a hint of telenovela camp and a climactic escalation into suspense, ultimately touched by tragedy. Read
• 7.0 Screen DailyLee Marshall It's a modern melodrama that dances through a moral maze, sometimes uncomfortably so. Yet, coming from a filmmaker who has always been preoccupied with the roots and the dynamics of male violence, it poses an intriguing central question. Read
• 6.0 Rolling StoneDavid Fea The result is both exhilarating and exasperating, swinging so wildly all over the map that you may want to pre-emptively wear a neckbrace before viewing. Read
• 5.8 IndiewireRyan Lattanzio There's almost nothing about "Emilia Pérez" that's conventional ? until the movie unravels into a third-act bit involving a hijacking, guns, and a live human body in a trunk. Which is just a reminder of where Audiard's head really rests all along. Read