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48 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90TheWrapRonda Racha PenriceTheWrapRonda Racha PenriceDeadwyler doesn’t just evoke Mamie’s speech patterns (which are very specific to Black women in the city trying to shed vestiges of the rural South) or capture her mannerisms, which remain precise at all times; she embodies every single inch of Mamie, body and soul, bringing her to life and making her real in both our minds and our hearts. . . This magnificent performance elevates Deadwyler to the ranks of the great actors of our time.
- 83ConsequenceJesse HassengerConsequenceJesse HassengerWhen it keys into Mamie’s horrifying experience, and the way she refuses to retreat from it, Chukwu and Deadwyler pack a wallop.
- 75The PlaylistRobert DanielsThe PlaylistRobert DanielsThough Till can not rewrite all of history’s wrong, you never doubt the genuineness of Chukwu’s intentions. This isn’t a salacious film. This isn’t taking advantage of Emmett Till’s memory for cheap prestige. Rather Till is an urgent and reverent, albeit flawed, pursuit of justice.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonFollowing up her Sundance prizewinner Clemency, director Chinonye Chukwu brings intelligence, sorrow and rage to what eventually becomes a courtroom drama, but the film is most effective when it pushes against its conventionality, locating the psychic scars within this woman and the nation.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyTill is more effective as an intimate portrait of devastating loss than a chronicle of the making of an activist. But the film has a powerful weapon in its arsenal in Danielle Deadwyler’s transfixing performance as a broken woman who finds formidable strength within herself.
- 63Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithBecause of Chinonye Chukwu’s willingness to let small-scale, ancillary scenes play out unhurried and at length, Till taps into to a deeper well of emotions than most biopics.
- 60The GuardianAdrian HortonThe GuardianAdrian HortonIt is as noble an execution of tragic historical record as one could hope for within the limits of a biopic – neither confirmation of doubters nor enough justification to relive it.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandWhile Deadwyler turns in a remarkable performance as Mamie, beautifully calibrating her love and anger in one riveting package, the rest of “Till” is prone to trope-ridden, predictable sequences that do little to advance her story or Emmett’s legacy.
- 40Vanity FairRichard LawsonVanity FairRichard LawsonRising to challenge viewers’ qualms about the movie’s existence is Deadwyler, whose stirring performance may be reason enough to see the film.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIt would take a tough constitution not to be moved by Till, although that doesn’t necessarily make it great drama.