The reviews are split, and the critics’ score of 58 sits in the middle of a wide spread. What nearly everyone agrees on is the two performances. McAvoy and Horgan are called commanding, lively and nuanced even by critics who dislike the film, and several say their chemistry is what makes the couple believable. Horgan’s monologue about her character’s mother dying alone is the most praised passage, and the couple’s speech about deaths caused by the government’s handling of the pandemic is singled out as the point where the film’s anger lands.
The reservations cluster around the writing. Most critics find the two-hander better suited to the stage than the screen, and several say the constant bickering becomes exhausting. The British reviews from June are warmer than the American ones from August: The i Paper calls it remarkable and emotionally forceful, while The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter find it tiring and unconvincing as a love story.
