75
Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiA quiet, heartfelt, and beautifully nuanced drama that feels unique and universal, featuring what will surely go down as one of the best performances of 2023.
- 90The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeBoth Lysette and Clarkson are naturally magnetic actors, and they don’t waste the attention they’re given on excess sentimentality.
- 75The PlaylistMarshall ShafferThe PlaylistMarshall ShafferAt its best, Pallaoro’s quiet film wields the paradoxical power of cinema to create pure illusion.
- 75Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneMonica is an unsentimental exploration of its main character’s search for personal fulfillment through human connection.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganA quietly thoughtful and impressively acted drama.
- 70TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThe chief virtue of “Monica” is its restraint and its patience.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeConceived with uncommon sensitivity toward the interior lives of its characters, as well as to the shifting codes of trans representation, “Monica” is a film about making amends.
- 60Screen RantGraeme GuttmannScreen RantGraeme GuttmannThe narrative of Monica is scant, but this makes way for a poignant examination of trans identity and loneliness through the lens of one family.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschA sluggish exercise in formalism ... [Monica] feels like a movie perpetually struggling to connect.