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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattIf the story’s outcome is hardly a mystery — the landmark case was affirmed by a 5–4 margin in June 2015 — and the look of the film itself a little docu-drab, it’s also a shrewd and frequently moving testament to the true nature of change.
- 70Village VoiceDaphne HowlandVillage VoiceDaphne HowlandRosenstein makes this a suspenseful legal yarn and an essential history lesson.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough cameras weren't allowed in the courtroom, Rosenstein gets a whiff of the drama there by watching as Bonauto reviews her own performance after the fact, pausing after each exchange to dispassionately critique the way she made her case.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThough the documentary could do without encomiums from Wolfson's parents about what a brilliant child he was, it is clear that as an adult he was smart, dynamic and far-seeing about this matter in a way that few others were.
- 60VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay Weissberg[A] solid yet unexceptional documentary.
- 50TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThe Freedom to Marry is a movie that discourages complex thinking or contradiction, but there are little hints here and there of something more frightening and unstable.