Simply a work of art. Hawkins is stupendous. The directing is spot on. The photography is really good. The story is well laid out. Did I say how excellent Hawkins is ?

A story of art, love & life. The true story of Maud Lewis isn't exactly what happened in the film, but the plot was touching. A most unconventional film.

Impeccable performances and perfect pacing makes this moving story shine as radiantly as Maudie, the passionate painter who shows us what it is to master the art of relationship.

Maudie, based on the life of Canadian artist Maud Lewis, is a story of suffering, adversity, and the overcoming of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Set in rural Nova Scotia, Maudie (Sally Hawkins) suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis. Filled with self-doubt, she eventually marries a brutish fish monger (Ethan Hawke) who, after initially dismissing her talent as a painter, eventually provides his support. Thanks to the remarkable performances of the leads, some beautiful imagery, great set and costume design, and a touching script, Maudie is a poignant look at the human spirit and the art that arises from it. As coyly humorous as it is heartbreaking, it is an inspirational film that will evoke as many tears as it will sly smiles.

I still remmber this performance ...quite simple Sally Hawkins achieves a close to pefection in a performance that I could imagine.

Unique, heartwarming while sadness always looms. Sally Hawkins was phenomenal in her role. Only afterward did I discover it was based on real people.

I found the main character quite endearing and felt sorry for her predicament quite early on. This, it seemed to me, is a film about isolation and about challenging peoples assumptions and perceptions. Its a bit sentimental I suppose but not in a too over the top way - its somewhat subtle, like the titular character, who is quite shy and its undoubtedly poignant too. This comes across a bit of an old fashioned sort of a film, being relatively quiet, with Maudie speaking quite quietly and not all the time. I thought the performances were great and I liked how the community reacted to becoming familiar with Maude being around as well. Its a film I thought was done well as a character focussed drama. I thoroughly recommend it.

This film is based on the real-life story of the Nova Scotian artist, Maude Lewis. Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins were excellent in the portrayal of their respective characters. It's a poignant and heartwarming story of love and struggle. It accomplishes everything I'm sure the directors had planned. It was superbly filmed in Newfoundland where they managed to capture the character of the Nova Scotian coast where the couple lived. Bravo!

This biopic movie was pretty good. Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, and the rest of the cast did a pretty good job in this movie. This true story about Maud Lewis, the famous folk artist with rheumatoid arthritis was dramatic, interesting, and sad. It's about finding happiness and your passion. If you haven't seen this movie yet, check it out sometime. It's worth watching.

It wasn't exciting, but, It was an interesting and touching based on the true story of Maud Lewis in Halifax

This movie is really impressive..

Superb acting, explores art, disability, family co-dependence and patriarchal society.

I thought of the movie as a life told on screen with so much of serenity and asthetics in there that I could float, dive, drown and surrender to the script, to it's characters, to the humbleness and to the honest efforts put in by the team, all for the love of life, for the love of art. Soaked in the goodness of this one, amply so. :)

This movie is for adults who have a heart and feel movies that are true life. This story was set in the Canadian winter with few people and a small population. It shows us that life is a mixed bag, and fate happens when it happens. Such a beautiful story and I highly recommend it

a deep, heart-breaking, perfect drama

I've always loved Sally Hawkins' acting. Maudie stirs up a lot of emotions

Sally Hawkins' performance was superb, I have to accept. And I know it's a slow film and it's meant to be that, but I got real tired.

I did enjoy the film. The story is captivating although might have some made up scenes but overall, you won't waste time watching it

This might not be the most original movie in the world but it is definitely a lovely one. Maud is a grown up woman with arthritis who is treated by her family as a child incapable of having any kind of responsabilities. Trying to move away from her aunt who is constantly controlling her, she starts to work as a house maid for Everett Lewis, a grumpy and lonely man that grew up in an orphanage and seems to have little reasons for joy in his life. From the beginning, it seems obvious that they will eventually fall for each other and have a relationship, with the grumpy being turned into a loving partner and the woman proving her value in spite of her physical challenges. The story unfolds not exactly as I initially thought: they do become a couple but his roughness and moments of violence seem to be much deeper to be broken that easily (a mix of fear of being let down with a need to feel important, in several moments he does not seem that different from some men and husbands we see nowadays) what shows an additional layer of the character, one that I did not expect for a movie I perceived as a total cliché at first. He does soften up a little with time but to me the process felt natural more than a breakthrough as sometimes happen in movies. Their love is trully beautiful, it feels real and, what is interesting, most of the time it is expressed without words. Their small actions and looks are able to say a lot, contributing to build a lovely story. Some of the events in the movie sometimes feel a little out of place such as the woman who starts supporting her paintings and the unfolding of the story about Maud's baby who past away right after birth. This film was based on a true story so these might be events of the real Maudie Lewis but, while I do not feel they were completely lost in the story, maybe they could have been better inserted in the context.
Several love stories have been told in movies, some of them showing unlikely couples in which both people go through transformations and improve themselves together. While this movie is not materially different from these several others, the real and beautiful relationship created in this film makes it stand out. A good and touching love story.

Tender Maud, brittle Everett, stellar performance by both, but Hawkins is amazing!