Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
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, 81% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- It suffers from a somewhat one-sided approach, but Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is an absorbing glimpse of a fascinating chapter of its subjects' lives.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
The home video footage of the young couple on Hydra, and of Cohen elsewhere, is fascinating to watch.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePaul ByrnesSydney Morning Herald
This film is different precisely because Broomfield was a long-time friend of Marianne. His heart is invested, which gives the film a welcome intimacy and warmth.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Let's just call it "Leonard & Marianne," because it's just mostly about him.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
Never do we learn how it felt to be the woman to whom [Leonard] Cohen would say "so long" every night on stage.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdam GrahamDetroit News
[A]n enlightening documentary about the creative process and the nature of the artistic spirit.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
The film gives an intriguing glimpse of a bohemian creative community on the Greek island of Hydra and an affecting double portrait of two linked lives.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard CrouseRichard Crouse
A sensitive and intimate portrayal of their time together, a love story that only spanned a handful of years but resonated for decades.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn SerbaDecider
A deeply moving account of a love story for the ages.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGraeme TuckettStuff.co.nz
If you are happy to embrace the myth, then you may find yourself quite moved by this film. But, if you were hoping for something a bit more clear-eyed and truthful, you may be as underwhelmed as I was.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAndrea G. BermejoCinemanía (Spain)
Perhaps more interesting is the inevitable portrait of the musician. [Full Review in Spanish]
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