83
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatBobby LePireFilm ThreatBobby LePireIt is a compelling, powerful, and engaging drama that demands to be seen.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMade with a restraint that enhances the heartbreaking nature of its narrative, Rosie is also fortunate in having top-of-the-line Irish actress Sarah Greene, who is wrenchingly involving as a character teetering on the edge of complete desperation.
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA heartbreaking, underplayed and intensely gripping Roddy Doyle story about modern homelessness.
- 83Original-CinLiam LaceyOriginal-CinLiam LaceyWe’re gripped by the tension of Greene’s tautly calibrated performance, as a mother performing a daily high-wire act, trying to keep her family together and her children from harm.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThere is great sadness in this film – and great anger.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis[A] moving drama ... With its quiet realism and almost unbearably intimate hand-held camera work ... "Rosie" holds our hands to a flame of desperation.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe film is an empathy generator, an antidote to compassion fatigue.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterA modest, social realist drama, its air of familiarity does not diminish its impact as a heartbreaker.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThis small, tough film provides no easy solutions.