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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA saga of unbearable sadness and romantic beauty.
- 90Washington PostWashington PostNot just a fitting document of a life brilliantly lived but a vibrant, almost palpitating piece of cinema.
- 83Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakThe film is so crisply acted and smartly drawn that you barely notice the cracks in the veneer.
- 80SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorSuffers from PBS syndrome, but Dame Judi Dench cures with a moving portrayal of life with Alzheimer's.
- 80New Times (L.A.)Andy KleinNew Times (L.A.)Andy KleinDench is wholly extraordinary in a characterization that is frequently muted, literally and necessarily.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThe film is not a biopic or a portrait of a famous marriage so much as it is an imaginative essay on what made a union between two radically different people work as well as it did.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt's good, but not great -- despite the heights to which Dench and Broadbent drive it. But those heights are lofty, the pain still stings.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThough Iris is extremely well-acted and beautifully photographed, some audience members may find themselves agreeing with Bayley's frustrated complaint: "I've never known who you are."
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDench and Winslet give strong and creative performances, and Broadbent is positively brilliant as old Bayley.