An excellent, embodied turn from Olivia Colman is no huge surprise these days, but she is particularly magnetic here, in a part that leaves room for interpretation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 23, 2024

To some regret, the first act of the film is drawn out exposition with no real insight as to where the plot could be headed. However, when it does find its rhythm, it is almost addictive in a way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 15, 2024

“The Lost Daughter” is one of the best films in 2021 because it shows us a story of an imperfect, often annoying and reckless protagonist, but makes viewers get invested in her story even when she commits unlikable acts.

| Jun 10, 2024

If one is willing to make the effort to embrace the fractured nature of the protagonist, The Lost Daughter is a puzzle that, although not entirely solvable, is rich in its complexities.

| Original Score: A | Sep 17, 2023

A triumphant directorial debut by Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter shouts volumes of emotions while crisscrossing between the choices Leda made in her past and similar situations on her vacation in the present.

| Jul 25, 2023

The Lost Daughter isn’t necessarily a celebration of a complicated woman, but it is a searingly honest portrayal. This look at motherhood isn’t intended to be perfect. It’s much more interested in all of the ugliness that’s involved.

| Jul 25, 2023

Colman delivers a performance filled with heartbreak and anger, and one that also shows the vulnerable aspect of Leda’s motherhood.

| Jul 21, 2023

The directorial debut from accomplished actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is a stunning sign of (hopefully) more great projects to come.

| Mar 31, 2023

"The film is brilliant at parsing the dual sin of reluctant motherhood. In The Lost Daughter, love is not unconditional, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t there."

| Nov 19, 2022

A drama with a heightened psychological edge, The Lost Daughter, is an absorbing and unsettling depiction of motherhood with standout performances from Olivia Coleman and Jesse Buckley.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 21, 2022

The Lost Daughter is a mesmerizing meditation on the messiness of motherhood - and a distinguished debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal as a writer and director - led by a career-best Olivia Colman.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Watching [Colman] ascend to the heights of being an esteemed, lauded actress over the past few years has been thrilling, and in this film, she may just deliver her best performance to date.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 11, 2022

For any director, this is audacious and intricate terrain, but Gyllenhaal is as exceptional and daring a filmmaker as she is a performer.

| Jul 8, 2022

Gyllenhaal hits all the right chords in this finespun story where the past rushes over the present. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 15, 2022

Weaves the ins and outs of motherhood through the psychology of a complex character full of contradictions, played by a wonderful Olivia Colman. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2022

Provokes indifference rather than intrigue. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 65/100 | May 12, 2022

There is an exaggerated underlining of these images that at times makes them lose their freshness a bit, almost as if we have Maggie Gyllenhal pinching us on the shoulder and saying See? Did you understand? There!

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 30, 2022

Through flashbacks, Gyllenhaal makes the bizarre or mysterious elements of the film too clear, right up to the end.

| Mar 28, 2022

A subtly devastating psychological drama which marks a significant directorial debut for well-known actor Maggie Gyllenhaal.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2022

Its rare to find a debut film as confident as The Lost Daughter. In Gyllenhaal, there is a new director who has a clear idea of the type of stories she wants to tell. I can only hope she gets to tell more in the future.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 3, 2022