82
Metascore
14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterJourdain SearlesThe Hollywood ReporterJourdain SearlesSchwartzman has been a lead before, but never quite like this.
- 88Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenA wealth of contrasting stimulation gives the film a singular and intimate atmosphere, in which scenes can last little eternities while still leaving you feeling as if you’re struggling to keep up with a stream of secrets and in-jokes.
- 83The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupA screwball comedy that never forgets a dramatic weight, Silver’s latest feature is a hilarious, touching, and acerbic tale of picking one’s self back up and not being afraid to pursue what is truly desired.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIn focusing less on the happiness we imagine for other people than on the happiness we get to share with them instead, it finds enough fleeting joy to make being alive feel like its own eternal reward.
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezUltimately, Between The Temples is achingly, evenly deceptively sweet and from the heart. It’s a dexterously comic but moving examination of a life interrupted, seemingly demolished, and a life of unfulfilled dreams, clashing, colliding, and perhaps finding a tender togetherness that suggests second chances and no term limits on coming of age
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriIt’s easy to predict what will happen narratively in Between the Temples, but it’s not nearly as easy to predict what these characters will actually do, what they’ll say and how they’ll act.
- 80Paste MagazineJacob OllerPaste MagazineJacob OllerBetween the Temples is covered in these sores, full of stories that are funny from the outside and will be funny when told with hindsight. And it is funny. But it’s the honesty, our understanding of the how and the why behind these truthfully conveyed pains, that lodges Silver’s film in your heart.
- 70Screen DailyNikki BaughanScreen DailyNikki BaughanThere’s a lightness of touch to the performances, with Silver encouraging his actors to improvise on-set. Events may have made Ben something of a sadsack, but Schwartzman ensures there is still a glimmer in his eye, a hint that his lust for life is simply dormant.