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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreNo matter how great her ambitions, no matter how little she was able to accomplish, thanks to the strictures of her time, here was a woman history remembers simply through the force of her personality and the simple courage it took to be ahead of her time.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlWell-shot and sometimes briefly affecting, especially when Mortimer is given a scene that lasts longer then thirty seconds, the film moves too quickly for its many incidents to have much impact, and what limited power it builds is dissipated by mortifying narration.
- 40Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenAs a portrait of female strength and a celebration of the artistic spirit, Leonie too seldom comes fully alive.
- 40Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghArizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghIt’s a juicy story squandered by the poor telling. It’s got all the trappings of a good ol’-fashioned Merchant Ivory pic — lush locales, exotic period trappings — but none of the soul.
- 40New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottWhat Leonie is missing, however -- in its script, in its performances, really in everything about it -- is any hint of sparkle, any sort of compelling hook on which to hang its hat.
- 30The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzLeonie Gilmour was almost certainly unusual and unusually self-reliant. Too bad that the film that bears her name ultimately reduces her to the mother of her child.