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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SlashfilmBen PearsonSlashfilmBen PearsonA creative reimagining sprinkled with fairy dust, Come Away succeeds on the strength of its whimsical (but not overly whimsical) script by Marissa Kate Goodhill and its impressive ensemble cast, and soars thanks to Chapman’s stellar direction. A new children’s classic has arrived, and this timeless fairytale will surely enchant audiences for generations to come.
- 80Film ThreatLorry KiktaFilm ThreatLorry KiktaCome Away is just a heart-rending, joyful, and gorgeous movie that everyone should take their kids to go see.
- 75Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayThere are moments when the fanfic speculations of “Come Away” feel too forced and downright cockamamie; the plot, probably inevitable, becomes schematic and the near-constant state of magical thinking too sticky-sweet for words. But the enterprise is ennobled by Chapman's sense of style and a consistently strong set of performances, especially from Jolie and Oyelowo.
- 63The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldThe Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldIt just feels like a pretty idea that didn’t get fully developed; an origin story that we didn’t need.
- 50Arizona RepublicElizabeth MontgomeryArizona RepublicElizabeth MontgomeryBetween the siblings' adventure scenes, family tragedies and familiar characters it's hard to stay engaged with a film so gloomy, sad and sluggish. In the end, you’re left wondering what was real, whether it was all just a dream or if you're just too grown up to understand.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleCome Away is an idea that never takes flight.
- 50Slant MagazineDan RubinsSlant MagazineDan RubinsThe film can’t seem to decide whether it’s fantasy or allegory and whether its characters are fan fiction or flesh and blood.
- 50Original-CinJim SlotekOriginal-CinJim SlotekAwash in good intentions and weighed down by its grim premise, Come Away is a fantasy that fails to inspire, despite its star power (including David Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie) and occasionally clever flourishes.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaThe ending that seems meant to be wistful, even magical, reads instead as appalling, lamentable, gloomy, however you want to say “the opposite of wondrous and happy.”
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAn airless film about childhood fantasies that comes to life only fitfully, Brenda Chapman's Come Away is aimed at children but so pickled in grown-up grief that few kids are likely to connect with it.