83
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDumont makes movies that almost nobody wants to see. That doesn't make him a great filmmaker, but he's a great filmmaker all the same.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirBruno Dumont's Hadewijch is one of two small-release art films this season that deliver nuanced and fascinating portraits of faith.
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf Hadewijch is Mr. Dumont's most overtly religious film, it is not pro-faith in any specific way, although the director clearly respects the religious impulse.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThere's a darker, fanatical side to blindness too-and this is the movie to show it. Leave all judgments behind.
- 80Boxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiBoxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiAs in "L'Humanité" and "Twentynine Palms," the director presents a cogent study of emotional excess with a sure handed control that harkens back to Robert Bresson.
- 80Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonWith Hadewijch, he (Dumont) endorses something like the Dardenne brothers' rugged, squalid secular humanism, offering the barrier-breaking embrace as vague alternative to Despair, Church, or Capital.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoAn exploration of the power of religion -- should delight Dumont's fans. For others, it will take a bit of getting used to. The effort will prove to be worthwhile.
- 38New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDumont's fans might find this latest exercise enjoyable, but his style of filmmaking is an acquired taste. I doubt those without that taste are going to acquire it here.