It’s impossible to watch the film without thinking of what might have been, and precisely what is at risk now.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 10, 2024

Brief moments of the world created by the celebrated children's author at cross-purposes in this dark chapter in the marriage when the celebrity couple had to deal with searing personal loss, yet were still on track to some of their best creative work

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2022

There is much skill at work here, so parts of it are lovely. It’s just the way it comes together – or doesn’t.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 19, 2022

Despite two solid performances from the reliable Bonneville and Hawes, To Olivia never really tugs at the heartstrings in quite the way on feels it should.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 19, 2022

As well-intentioned and well-acted as it is, this try-hard little melodrama ultimately suggests that of all the ways to deal with the soul-shattering loss of a child, the best is undoubtedly a king-sized double dollop of professional success.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 19, 2022

One of the strengths of this modest film, which is partially based on Neal’s memoir “An Unquiet Life”, is the casting.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 13, 2022

A film that is observant in its specificity and, finally, affecting in its universality.

| Apr 21, 2022

A glassy reimagining of their marriage that isn't terribly accurate.

| Apr 19, 2022

More balance was necessary here, but this is a moving story.

| Apr 19, 2022

The ways in which parental grief fuels creative inspiration form the unstable emotional anchor for this true-life British period drama that struggles to balance whimsy with sentimentality.

| Apr 15, 2022

Often touching but also vexing...

| Apr 14, 2022

To Olivia suffers from the fact that it can be difficult to make the life of a writer seem cinematic. Despite the best efforts of those involved, the slight storyline doesnt reflect the exciting work of the man it portrays.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 1, 2022

A film about grief inevitably touches some people deeply, but this is more about the psychology of loss than the feeling of it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2021

A contrived and cliché-filled biopic which uses all the tricks in the book usually associated with these kinds of productions.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 26, 2021

With the brightly engaging tone familiar in British period biopics, this sharply well-made film explores the momentous life of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 26, 2021

To its credit, the film finds a note of something stark for the tragedy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 24, 2021

Hugh Bonneville (Dahl) and Keeley Hawes (Neal) are extremely watchable. They're heavily hampered, however, by a whimsical script that often feels like propaganda for the problematic Dahl brand...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 23, 2021

An intriguing and poignant portrait of grief, even if it does feel rather lacking in the sharp edges that could've made it truly memorable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2021

If it's true that we all become stories in the end, let's hope they end up better told than this one.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 22, 2021

To Olivia is the film that puts us right on all fronts.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2021