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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Original-CinKim HughesOriginal-CinKim HughesLorelei is a lovely story told with heart and without judgment.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonThe film’s writer-director is British-born Sabrina Doyle, who is making her feature debut after spending the past decade in Los Angeles making short films. Her touch is nearly perfect: authentic, patient, guiding — giving her actors plenty of space. And they respond.
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievAs it stands, Lorelei is perfectly imperfect. It demonstrates a filmmaker willing to go for broke, examine the dark recesses of our minds that others are too timid to touch.
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakLorelei is nothing if not a story about redemption.
- 75RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAnchored by powerful performances by two deeply underrated actors, Lorelei is a heartfelt drama that succumbs to some thin dialogue and set-ups but feels like it truly loves its outsider characters, and that empathy allows us to root for them too.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschPablo Schreiber and Jena Malone hustle to overcome movie-ish dialogue and clichéd story dynamics, investing their life-bruised characters with authentic feeling. They're enough to make you care about the film — and the people in it — even at its clumsiest.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreSchreiber and Malone leave it all on the set in this sad but wistful romance, a movie about teen dreams that lose all meaning if they’re deferred too long.
- 60VarietyTomris LafflyVarietyTomris LafflyWriter-director Sabrina Doyle’s fable-like tale of working-class Americans on the fringe navigates its elusive waters with compassion and care, even when it veers into some predictable shallows from time to time.
- 50The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe film is invested in accurately depicting the details of its character’s lives, but its collection of studied impressions doesn’t coalesce into a coherent final portrait.