“While messy in parts and offering more of a sprint than a narrative marathon, there is great heart and ferocious energy in this cartoonish caper.”
“Maybe this war of innocence is one that’s never really won or lost. Maybe we just take life one battle at a time.”
An Essay by Marshall Shaffer
Devika Girish Interviews Sam Levy
“It can’t help but seem like there was one film about a dog bringing people together in light of troubled times, if only briefly, but then it was decided that there would also be a film about a dog being a prop for stories that his detractors would label as ‘autopilot Solondz.'”
An Essay by Kyle Turner
“Mistress America revels in the romance of being young before carefully setting its characters back down into the real world.”
“It’s an era epic that’s both euphoric and melancholy, riveting despite running on the ever fleeting. It’s the new best film from one of the world’s greatest new directors.”