Sian Heder delivers an emotional film that plays all the right notes to move the audience, much like a puppeteer controlling its marionette.

| Original Score: C | Sep 8, 2024

CODA has all the hallmarks of a Sundance darling. ... The thing is, it’s a formula that works, here yielding an entertaining, moving story that illuminates a community underrepresented onscreen.

| Jul 28, 2024

Though the film's conflict is nicely wrapped up by the end with predictability and little realistic effort, it doesn't take away from the heartwarming content, often humorous tone, and feel-good nature.

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

It leaves you in a puddle of emotion, but by the end you realize it’s a good puddle. It’s a puddle of satisfaction, hope, and a full heart.

| Jul 3, 2024

Coda refuses to rehash the well-worn tropes of this May-December subgenre, swapping it out for an almost Bergman-like contemplativeness.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 20, 2023

CODA is a delight, a warm hug of a film that knows its genre and makes the very most of it. Siân Heder’s script is simple, and the message that she sends is heartfelt. A crowd-pleaser with love to spare.

| Sep 17, 2023

...weakening a film whose representation of the underrepresented is so intense at times that its dependence on Hallmark-like characteristics is more than mildly disappointing.

| Jul 27, 2023

A Must Watch Winner that will delight you

| Jul 26, 2023

Siân Heder offers her impeccable direction and beautifully written screenplay, which is packed with emotionally powerful moments that left me tearing up for the last forty-five minutes.

| Original Score: A | Jul 24, 2023

CODA is a simple, moving film with great performances.

| Jun 27, 2023

What so impressed me and makes this a movie I'd recommend is how writer and director Sian Heder used sound -- and the lack of sound -- to showcase the beauty and emotional power of music to connect with people.

| Mar 31, 2023

With one of the most clever scripts of the year, CODA made me feel a lot of feelings.

| Feb 10, 2023

"CODA is sweet, sincere and genuinely funny in parts, and it’s precisely the kind of coming-of-age film that we should hope to see more of. "

| Nov 19, 2022

...alternates between being contrived and genuinely moving.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 9, 2022

CODA is cathartic. A film that put a giant lump in your throat while at the same time lifting your spirits.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 9, 2022

It’s a movie about a cute kid who wants to go off to Fancy School in the City. The deafness is very much incidental.

| Original Score: C | Aug 24, 2022

The humor makes for a great compliment to the coming-of-age drama which follows a pretty conventional blueprint but enhances it with a uniquely fresh perspective.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Films like these highlight the differences and similarities and seek the bridge that gap as well as share a story of struggle, growth, and exploration. This film does all three magnificently and will bring audiences to tears.

| Aug 14, 2022

... The bones of The Belier Family are fleshed out in new, muscular ways by writer-director Sian Heder, working with deaf creative collaborators Anne Tomasetti and Alexandria Wailes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 4, 2022

CODA works well to deliver effective drama, music and some comedy with character conflicts that are relatable.

| Jul 1, 2022