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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIn some ways, it’s the softest and most subtle of her six features. In others, it’s the most violent and stubborn of the lot, stunted in many of the same places where her previous stuff flowed like river water. But if Maya isn’t the best of Mia Hansen-Løve’s films, there’s a wayward urgency to the whole thing that makes it feel like it might have been a necessary one for her to make.
- 75The Film StageThe Film StageCompounded by lush photography and carefully calibrated performances, Maya intimately renders the crushing and rehabilitative power of memory, taking hazy, elusive feelings and bringing them into the realm of the tangible.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe result is a drama whose emotional charge is a tad more subdued than usual, even if there are several grace notes throughout.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAs much as her camera patiently and sensitively observes Gabriel and Maya, they still feel a bit distant, their unspoken hopes and fears just out of reach — for us and perhaps for them, too.
- 67The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyMaya is full of the kind of tiny, keenly observed moments that make Løve such a special filmmaker.
- 65SlashfilmMarshall ShafferSlashfilmMarshall ShafferHansen-Løve is undoubtedly aided by the soulful performances she draws from her two leading actors. Banerjee, in her first on-screen appearance, both dazzles and delights with an effortless charm. But it's Kolinka, making his third and most substantial collaboration with the director, who leaves the lasting impression.
- 63Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayThe film’s intimacy is as precise as its intellect is vague.
- 60CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellThere are few outright surprises in Maya, and though things proceed roughly as we might expect there is a deeper sort of emotional revelation that comes from letting the story proceed on its own terms.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorHansen-Love’s ability to evoke the unspoken remains in full play as she returns to themes of young love and emotional crisis, but much of the film is in English and both dialogue and delivery feel stilted. Meanwhile, it’s never clear why being the object of a youthful crush might be a good cure for PTSD.