“…an awkward exercise in translating Wong kar-Wai to a Western setting.”

“…the weaving of a liminal soundspace.”

“Campion makes an unruly costume drama out of the 1881 novel by Henry James.”

“…swirls in melodrama and metaphor.”

“What a feast for Joan Crawford.”

“The movie’s likely patron saints are David Cronenberg and Claire Denis.”

“…dramatizes the life of Janet Frame in a way only Jane Campion could.”

“Dark stuff, but shot through with a giddy wit that never quite crosses over into calculated whimsy.”

“Chastain delivers a crazed, committed, effusive, and empathetic performance.”

“Only slightly less religiously tortured than First Reformed…”