The Forty-Year-Old Version may not land every punch it throws, but there’s a great deal to be taken from an incredibly fresh picture.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 8, 2025

Radha Blank’s film filled me with such strength.

| Jul 16, 2024

...really funny and entertaining, and features killer hip hop hooks courtesy of Oswin Benjamin and RadhaMUSprime...

| Jul 9, 2024

Radha Blank very well might be the entertainer of the year in my book, based on everything she does in this film.

| May 2, 2023

Blank’s film is a fearless, razor-sharp comedy about keeping the gentrification out of art.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 3, 2022

A bravura debut, one that will hopefully lead to more opportunities for its multi-talented creator.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 13, 2022

Always interesting and downright hilarious at times, we found its mix of observations about neurosis and the art life original and very smart. Blank gives a splendid performance in the leading role.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 20, 2022

Without a single lull in storytelling, we all got to witness a rarity onscreen: seeing a Black woman unapologetically in her full glory and essence.

| Original Score: A+ | Feb 9, 2022

A a phenomenal directorial debut from Radha Blank who's also magnetic in front of the camera. It's rare to find a film that has such an authentic voice, so it's so refreshing to see one that has it in abundance.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 27, 2021

Radha Blank's arc embodies the theme of growth and experience, and shows that no matter how much time has passed in life, there's still plenty of room to grow, and make something of yourself.

| Sep 5, 2021

Radha is a heroine who refuses to sacrifice her integrity and vision for her stories and people to dance for the white gatekeepers and white gaze.

| Jul 2, 2021

Forty-Year-Old Version finds beauty between the cracked pavements of Brooklyn's streets. Blank may be late to the scene, but her work is unlike anything else out there.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 17, 2021

One of the best films of 2020. Casual, honest, stirring, hilarious. Blank is a talent to continue watching.

| Apr 22, 2021

A confident debut...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 24, 2021

We have been sold this lie that life is over once you hit 40. Well Radha Blank has a few thoughts on the matter via The 40-year-old version.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 20, 2021

The 40 Year-Old Version makes for a solid debut focusing on staying true to yourself, and great stories that can come from anywhere.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 17, 2021

I loved this film.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 15, 2021

I'm going to be yelling about how good this movie is for a long time.

| Feb 12, 2021

The Forty-Year-Old Version paints a loving portrait of parts of New York City that aren't represented with such care, if at all, in narrative films of this scale.

| Feb 12, 2021

Supremely entertaining, The Forty-Year-Old Version is a love song to the power of being real.

| Feb 12, 2021