Supernova

critic Reviews

, 89% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Led by moving performances from Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, Supernova is a heartbreaking look at the emotional toll that comes with accepting mortality.
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    Deborah RossThe Spectator
    his is an intense, intimate, spare film about love, grief and dementia, and the two leads, who play a gay couple, are superb.
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    Mark KermodeObserver (UK)
    The film has plenty of low-key charm and humour, not least in Sam and Tusker's believable, tetchy in-car interactions.
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    Clarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
    Firth and Tucci's performances are remarkable in how delicately they navigate this maze of half-truths and suppressed emotions, all crammed inside their rusty campervan.
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    Donald ClarkeIrish Times
    A terrific piece of writing about the difficulties of living on the fringes of a catastrophe - acknowledging the danger, but rarely addressing the true terrors that await.
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    Kevin MaherTimes (UK)
    The real impact of the film, however, comes from the leads' performances.
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    Ryan GilbeyNew Statesman
    Some directors go an entire career without making anything decent -- whereas Macqueen has directed half a good film, and shaped dauntless performances from Firth and Tucci, on only his second go.
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    Fatima SheriffVague Visages
    Supernova is a film that many will cherish if audiences can be absorbed by the overt metaphors and can look beyond the Rich White Male vantage point.
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    Serena SeghedoniLoud and Clear Reviews
    On paper, Supernova has all the elements to be a deeply affecting drama. Yet, as we witness the most affectionate, sorrowful moments of Sam and Tucker’s relationship, very little emotion comes through.
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    Michael Cubythem.
    Few films in recent history have moved me quite like Supernova, a sensitive drama starring Stanley Tucci as one half of a gay couple who is slowly but surely succumbing to dementia.
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    David ReddishQueerty
    Quiet, thoughtful, and with an ending bound to spark debate, Supernova deals less with issues of queerness than issues of love.
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