66
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxTold mostly through haunting, often chilling visual fragments, this handsomely mounted and unusually gripping account amounts to an important exercise in biography: It faithfully restores Spielrein to her rightful place as a crucial contributor to the fields of child psychology and psychoanalysis.
- 80Village VoiceLeslie CamhiVillage VoiceLeslie CamhiThis evocative film is a poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoHats off to Elisabeth Marton, who has taken a bunch of dry facts and fashioned them into the gorgeous My Name Was Sabina Spielrein.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAs complex as its subject's life and - like her - both flawed and fascinating.
- 50The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderHowever fascinating the source material, there's something less than cinematic about 90 minutes of watching people read letters in front of windows.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA fascinating historical tale is rendered with less than compelling results in this pseudo-documentary.