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Metascore
18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandDaphne shouldn’t be this captivating, but with Woodley’s vulnerability and full-scale charm backing her up, Endings, Beginnings is able to capitalize on a seemingly thin premise.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe movie may be a self-help exercise of sorts — for those who seldom recognize themselves on screen, and who don’t measure up to the expectations set by rom-coms and princess movies — but it’s disguised as a shaggy character study.
- 50The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakDespite the underlying emotional complexity shared via triggered vignettes of memory, the film too often chooses to live in the present and thus within the love triangle it so desperately wants to subvert.
- 50Screen RantHannah HoolihanScreen RantHannah HoolihanEndings, Beginnings favors style over substance, rarely igniting the spark its meant to and anchored only by a compelling Shailene Woodley.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThough the movie stalls frequently before it finds its balance, Woodley makes us care.
- 33The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyIt’s a mighty snoozy affair, in which we discover that Doremus’s cinematic style —intimate, personal, and improvisation — has not so much solidified as cauterized.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe movie aims to make Daphne's journey raw and real, but mostly it's just insipid.
- 25New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny OleksinskiThis bore fest is nearly two hours of sizzle-less romance and thudding dialogue, centered around the sort of obnoxious free spirit who’d start up an unwanted conversation with you at a bar
- 25The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyA complete dud.