Lazy and disappointing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 11, 2024

Full of compelling moments that enable viewers to get inside the mind of someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Causeway is a fantastic representation of empathy and humanity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2024

Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry are both excellent in Causeway, Lila Neugebauer’s feature debut about an Army vet and mechanic finding solace in each other.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 25, 2024

This is a story about the multi-dimensional forms trauma can come in, and how such feelings can shape our choices and personalities.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2024

Causeway is a sensitive character study, giving its actors some of the richest and most complex roles we've seen them play in a while.

| Jul 12, 2024

Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry are at their restrained best in an emotional drama about a soldier healing from trauma, chasing belongingness and figuring out life in a world lonelier than a battlefield.

| Nov 16, 2023

Two stellar performances by Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry craft a friendship built around good company and comfort that is a rarely seen dynamic between men and women in film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 19, 2023

Causeway's technical elements combined with stellar performances and Lila Neugebauer’s inspired direction make the film a standout.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 26, 2023

“Causeway” is a hauntingly gentle depiction of life after injury. Some injuries are physical, while others emotional, and Neugebauer does a splendid job of laying all the cards out on the depressing table.

| Jul 25, 2023

Jennifer Lawrence returns to compelling storytelling with Causeway, allowing quiet beats to propel the narrative forward as she escapes into a role that fits her skills incredibly well.

| Jul 23, 2023

Lila Neugebauer directs the film as if were written by Kenneth Lonergan, which is to say she does an excellent job keeping everything low-key and natural. Causeway, however, is defeated by a clunky screenplay.

| Mar 16, 2023

Causeway wastes no time in showing the gritty underbelly of the story. A move that makes the friendship subplot seem almost like a plot twist later in the film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 14, 2023

Understands trauma and the past's unknown forecast for the future.

| Original Score: B | Mar 14, 2023

Lila Neugebauer’s slow, patient drama plays like a missive...

| Mar 13, 2023

Lawrence and Tyree Henry form a connection that’s life-giving...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 25, 2023

Like a therapy session, it strictly follows a “tell not show” mantra, which fares well in Oscar-season but organically has a meagre audience of just a handful.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2023

The problem with Causeway: it advances casually and lightly for the sake of entertainment, and you kind of know what is coming at every single turn.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 16, 2023

What sounds like a well-intentioned but threadbare dramatic retread ends up being something deeply affecting and powerful, a rare movie that — thanks to the skill of those involved — ends up being much more than the sum of its parts.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 15, 2023

The script is intelligent and realistic, with the right silences that allow us to digest the confessions. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: B | Feb 13, 2023

Lawrence is superb. I couldn’t recall her character’s name when I started writing this review, but that wasn’t a big deal because her performance was all I could think about.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 9, 2023