A Map of the World Reviews
Sigourney Weaver plays the boldest, most complex role of her career in A Map of the World, Scott Elliott’s provocative and unsettling but seriously flawed feature debut.
| Dec 26, 2006
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2006
A Map of the World is an actors' movie, and it shows.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 21, 2006
| Original Score: B | Apr 9, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 7, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 4, 2004
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 5, 2004
Cast somewhat against type, Sigourney Weaver is terrific even if the film is a bit staid.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2003
A profoundly unnecessary movie with pretty good performances; perfectly captures the noble mediocrity of the novel.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 11, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2003
The fairly simple storyline...is certainly stretched quite thin over the two hour running time.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 20, 2002
Full Review | Original Score: B | Apr 3, 2002
| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2002
| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 5, 2002
An emotionally effecting drama about one woman's difficult journey into forgiving and making peace with herself.
| Mar 4, 2002
For those who crave intelligent 'mom in trouble' dramas.
| Original Score: B | Oct 9, 2001
A surprisingly gripping and moving experience.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000
Disappointingly unengaging.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000
Weaver is phenomenal.
Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 1, 2000
Asks how anyone could live with themselves when a child entrusted into their care dies.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000