[Director Eliza] Hittman films with unblinking, sympathetic closeups that expose the girl’s desperation and grit.

| Jul 29, 2024

My kingdom for Eliza Hittman! Of all the movies I encountered in 2020, hers was the most…human.

| Jul 16, 2024

With “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” writer-director Eliza Hittman strikes the perfect balance between cinema verité and fiction, giving us a realistic character study of unwelcome teenage pregnancy that stays with you for days.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 4, 2024

There’s something incredible about how Eliza Hittman frames characters.

| Jun 13, 2024

As in her previous film, Hittman takes common events that happen in secret and bring them into the light.

| Feb 20, 2024

An astonishingly well-told movie, quiet, even with its imagery, it isn't aggressive despite the woman's tense situation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 18, 2023

While their struggle is never melodramatic or grandiose, its effect is lasting, deeply felt and ultimately heroic.

| Jun 7, 2023

Eliza Hittman and her two leads have transformed hard-hitting material into an uplifting must-watch.

| Feb 7, 2023

Hittman has made a coming-of-age film about a teenager who resolves to take charge of her own body and future.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 20, 2022

The film feels observed rather than staged, a documentation of reality rather than its cinematic adaptation.

| Jan 19, 2022

This film feels like living a life. A whole life and at the time a sharp slice of one that's not yours but is, all of a sudden

| Jan 10, 2022

Eliza Hittman's drama is marked by the emotional solidarity of its teen protagonists...

| Nov 17, 2021

The effect is cumulative... this other plot that unfolds in scenes and in isolated moments [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 29, 2021

A distressingly relevant film about women's healthcare, and a humane, difficult road trip about friendship.

| Sep 13, 2021

Understand that this is a film where you're expected to leave your personal beliefs at the door, because you're being given a chance to watch someone's headspace. Someone's reality for 2 hours.

| Sep 5, 2021

Director Eliza Hittman's devastating Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a coming-of-age with a difference.

| Jul 23, 2021

Sparse and subtle, the film achieves so much with so little dialogue.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 25, 2021

Hittman's raw and painfully realistic dialogue is so captivating. All of Autumns conversations are incredibly natural. And the emotions hit hard when she's at her final destination.

| Original Score: B | Jun 24, 2021

It is a drama that offers a rather sober look at abortion and emancipation in adolescence, through two organic performances from Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 13, 2021

Slow-moving and tough to watch, but ultimately rewarding. The dialogue is sparse, but the acting is superb. It's damned powerful and it will stay with you.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 8, 2021