Elisa & Marcela manages to imprint the idea that making that one step to have a same-sex relationship during these times could be exciting yet socially horrifying at the same time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2024

A beautiful, lyrical, bittersweet film about two elders of the queer community who should be remembered for their bravery.

| Feb 12, 2024

It looks stunning, but the boring script doesn't lend itself to a great Romance movie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 1, 2021

Actresses Greta Fernández (Marcela) and Natalia de Molina (Elisa) shine in these roles. [Full reviewin Spanish]

| Apr 20, 2020

Over a century before Spain finally legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, two women called Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sánchez Loriga beat the odds and were married under the eyes of God in 1901.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 8, 2019

The real Elisa and Marcela deserve a better fictionalization of their unbelievable story than this flimsy, poorly plotted and dramatically clumsy quasi-art film.

| Jun 21, 2019

Woman poses as man to marry her love; nudity, violence.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2019

Unfortunately, the film's visual mastery can't make up for its lazy storytelling and groan-inducing attempts at intimacy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 10, 2019

An intimate film that gives a voice to the forgotten. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2019

Of little use to the film is the beauty of its frames in exteriors and interiors. [Full Frame in Spanish]

| May 26, 2019

[Director Isabel] Coixet explores the true meaning of the world in which [Elisa and Marcela] moved. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2019

True passion is absent, and even the extras appear unsure of themselves.

| Feb 21, 2019

Elisa y Marcelia from Spanish director Isabel Coixet will leave audiences underwhelmed.

| Feb 20, 2019

While the film does have some stylistic and pacing faults, Elisa y Marcela is an emotional drama that sends an important message of hope to minority groups.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2019

The film is idealistically conceived in setting out to retell a story that had been erased from the history of sexuality. The energy and flair was, however, missing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 14, 2019

The most emotionally authentic part of the film, by far, are the wedding snapshots that run with the end credits...

| Feb 14, 2019

Reworks an early 20th century story into a plodding, protracted melodrama where provincial folk speak, behave and act like their 21st century counterparts.

| Feb 14, 2019