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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA little more chaos might have truly lit this one up.
- 60The GuardianCatherine ShoardThe GuardianCatherine ShoardIt has to be said, the performances are excellent. Winslet manages emotional honesty within anachronistic confines, and Schoenaerts escapes with dignity.
- 60EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoLovely, engaging performances keep the film’s heart beating in a sweet if sometimes listless search for Eden.
- 60Total FilmSimon KinnearTotal FilmSimon KinnearA classy, actorly affair, whose emphasis on bittersweet character drama over class satire is both its most striking feature and biggest missed opportunity.
- 60The DissolveKate ErblandThe DissolveKate ErblandThere are weeds here, thorny stuff to slash through, but when A Little Chaos stays on course, there’s plenty of beautiful work to admire.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWinslet’s mix of grace, gumption and private sadness is the chief reason to keep watching, but she deserves a more dynamic film.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyToo often, helmer Rickman galumphs through what’s meant to be a witty romp, underlining the script’s most obvious, rigged qualities.
- 50Village VoiceAaron HillisVillage VoiceAaron HillisAppropriately hunky but neutered of the brute sexuality he exhibited in Bullhead and Rust and Bone, Schoenaerts and his lack of bodice-busting tension with Winslet mirrors the film's transparent, often anachronistic inauthenticity.
- 42The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicSome intriguing dialogue, and a closet full of fantastic frocks, can’t help an impressive ensemble cast save A Little Chaos from being a lackadaisical picture, far removed from anything remotely exciting as chaos.