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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandBenson, who also wrote the film’s screenplay, knows his way around heartbreak, and despite the elevated nature of the story — she time travels, for chrissakes — always finds room to add genuinely relatable elements to Harriet’s incredible plight.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJust when you think “The Greatest Hits” has painted itself into a corner, the script finds a way and the story lands in just the right place.
- 70The Daily BeastColeman SpildeThe Daily BeastColeman SpildeBenson’s film is a crafty yet subtle inversion of a stale genre. It moves the viewer and gets out while it’s ahead, aiming for maximum emotional impact over any flashy, absurd striving.
- 63RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzI’d applaud the movie for taking the form of its heroine’s pathologies if the result was something more than a good try with a lot of heart.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe 94-minute running time is too skinny to do the premise justice and The Greatest Hits feels like a Cliffs Notes version of a longer, better story. Plus, for a movie that relies on music for its emotional core, the soundtrack is lackluster at best.
- 62Paste MagazineAurora AmidonPaste MagazineAurora AmidonThe Greatest Hits boasts a compelling and original high-concept plot, but, as can be the case with high concept plots, this leads to much of the film’s first act being occupied by exhausting exposition.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesIt’s an intriguing premise. ... But The Greatest Hits is the kind of film that should sweep you away with its charm and emotion. Instead, it’s too transparently button-pushing to go beyond the stale tropes of the weepy drama.
- 33The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe Greatest Hits is way worse than just a sophomore slump, more accurately, a long-the-works opus that should have just stayed in the vaults.
- 30VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter Debruge“The Greatest Hits” feels like the remainder-bin version of better love stories.