88
Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThings to Come may lack the urgency or cool that flecks the writer-director’s previous movies, but this is perhaps her richest piece to date, a warm, funny and profoundly sensitive portrait of letting go and learning to make new memories.
- 91The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaThe Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaWhile Hansen-Løve certainly deserves credit for writing such a compelling character, it’s difficult to imagine anyone realizing Nathalie as consummately as Huppert, who, even by her exceptionally high standards, pulls off a superlative performance.
- 90Screen DailyWendy IdeScreen DailyWendy IdeIt’s to the credit of Isabelle Huppert, who excels in the role of philosophy teacher Nathalie, and to the deft handling by Hansen-Løve that the film wears its wealth of ideas so lightly.
- 88Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film is further confirmation of Mia Hansen-Løve’s delicately devastating ear and touch as a filmmaker.
- 80CineVuePatrick GambleCineVuePatrick GambleA fluent, confident and deeply felt work by an astute chronicler of life, Things to Come considers the fragility of ideas when exposed to the eroding force of time in beautifully humane fashion.
- 80The GuardianHenry BarnesThe GuardianHenry BarnesThings to Come is a smart, earnest undertaking: an exploration of the insecurity that can hit any of us, at any age, when we start to question the life we’ve built.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe film’s shrewd sense of humor, its way of underlining the absurdity of life’s foibles, is fully carried by Huppert’s disarming performance, which never panders to easy sentiments but doesn’t shy away from showcasing raw emotion.
- 80Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounCat lovers (and possibly fans of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’) will appreciate the role of an ageing black feline as a symbol of the sudden changes in Nathalie’s life. Everyone else should warm to the way that Hansen-Løve distils the chaos of life and the life of the mind into such a warm, thoughtful, surprising drama.