The strength of Rampling's performance comes in the quiet moments without dialogue, from pondering moments of confusion and anger all the way to the way a cigarette is smoked.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 13, 2024

45 Years is unconcerned with the “cuteness” of love — Haigh wants to know what makes it tick.

| Aug 1, 2023

Rampling and Courtenay are a joy to watch. They are so perfectly in tune with the naturalistic flow of the script, and there is never a question about their characters or their relationship.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

An absolute must watch, and undoubtedly the best British film of the year.

| Sep 29, 2021

45 Years is one of my favourite films of the year but I fear it will be overlooked in awards season by strong films like The Revenant, Joy and Hateful Eight.

| Sep 29, 2021

As a couple facing a sudden fissure in their marriage in Andrew Haigh's riveting domestic drama, they are simply dazzling.

| Sep 29, 2021

Intensely and quietly emotional performances from costars Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay provide an intimate glimpse at a love relationship that encounters a new challenge and comes to a near crisis after 45 Years of marriage.

| Sep 29, 2021

45 Years is intelligently done, but the filmmakers' reduction of the drama to the fate of a couple of dissatisfied souls takes its toll.

| Feb 12, 2021

It's a mature story brought to life by two remarkable actors who aren't afraid to trust the story's emotional core and take the time to allow it to burrow deep into the viewer's intellect and more importantly, heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Without feeling overly decorative, Haigh routinely finds exquisite ways to frame the gulf growing between them.

| Jan 7, 2021

Keenly observed... A career-best performance by Charlotte Rampling culminates in a final moment that is powerfully stunning.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2020

Playing like the chilly counter to romantic melodrama Brief Encounter, Haigh's 45 Years is a sharply observed portrait of how time is mistakenly honored or acknowledged as proof of the foundation between two people.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2020

One of the most shining examples of depth and power in independent filmmaking.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 17, 2019

This film is slow, intense, sometimes painful, but also very beautiful.

| Oct 16, 2019

Rampling in her prime and so deserving...watching her unravel almost imperceptibly, elegantly, heartbreakingly, is a masterclass.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 26, 2019

What we are really watching is not just the love and joy of a 45-year commitment, but the toll as well.

| Jul 2, 2019

'45 Years' captures a lifetime of drama in one particular week.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 25, 2019

45 Years is exquisitely acted with Rampling giving a tour-de-force performance of such subtle power it is breathtaking.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 7, 2019

Haigh incorporates wry observations about relationships, both humorous and tragic, while intelligently reflecting on aging. Sadly though, 45 Years never quite reaches the promise of its premise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2019

Props to director Andrew Haigh for his tremendous achievement.

| Original Score: A+ | Apr 15, 2019