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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80CineVueLucy PopescuCineVueLucy PopescuHers delivers a hard lesson about the healing power of love and acceptance with simple and unsentimental eloquence.
- 80The Irish TimesTara BradyThe Irish TimesTara BradyFor all that emotional content, Amanda is a pleasingly unsentimental film, never more so than in its understanding of children.
- 70Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyHers’s stamp as a contemplative miniaturist with an eye for the inner life is unmistakeably on display in this involving, typically graceful piece.
- 60The Observer (UK)Simran HansThe Observer (UK)Simran HansThe film shies away from any kind of political commentary, and as a result feels oddly sapped of fire or urgency.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter Bradshaw[A] good-natured and well-intentioned film.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonIn its favor, Amanda boasts subtle, sensitive lead performances from Lacoste and Multrier, who has a rare easy naturalism for such a young performer.