60
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibRichly layered picture dramatizes a landmark doctor/patient showdown, chronicles a classic case of transgenderism and reveals how aspects of Schreber's story prefigured Nazism.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJulian P. Hobbs directs by getting out of the way of his star's soulful eyes and considerable talent, allowing Mr. Mays to feed on the tension between the rationality of his character's courtroom argument and the utter lunacy of his beliefs.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAn accomplished and stylistically audacious effort that all too accurately conveys the confusion and mental disarray of its subject's illness, ultimately to its detriment.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceSettles for a stilted design and mode of performance that suggests a bloodless screen adaptation of Edward Gorey illustrations.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe psychobabble makes for dry filmmaking until Schreber starts going fem. From that point on, it's every man for himself.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMays throws himself into the role of a man who attempts to transform into a woman, but his efforts feel like futile flailings: The actor - and his character - are so much bigger than any story we're allowed to see.