81
Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe acting style edges toward parody, the material is unforgiving of Australian middle-class life in the boondocks and then, pow! - Sweetie waltzes onto the screen.
- 88Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Sweetie’s brilliance stems from how Campion inventively explores the relationship between inanimate objects and personal memory, Sally Bongers’s static camera lingering on the precipice of a family unit brimming with secrets and lies.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineCruelly honest and pitilessly funny, Sweetie is one of the nakedest explorations of familial love and desperation ever filmed.
- 80Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonIn making her first film, Campion has done thrillingly atmospheric work, and in the process, established herself as perhaps the most perversely gifted young filmmaker to rise up in years.
- 80The GuardianLuke BuckmasterThe GuardianLuke BuckmasterCampion offsets what could have been a morose drama with an atmosphere that becomes increasingly, and unnervingly, mystical.
- 80The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbySweetie looks like a small movie, and in every measurable way it is, but it possesses remarkable strength and tenacity.
- 80Time OutTime OutSweetie confirms Campion as a highly original movie talent.
- 75Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThis Australian film by New Zealand director Jane Campion comes at you, and keeps coming at you, in peculiar, oddly enchanting bursts of detail.
- 75The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonCampion's merciless staging forces a more intimate relationship between viewers and characters; it's hard to take a detached stance when she's smearing raw emotions all over the screen.