Judy & Punch
critic Reviews
, 77% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Judy & Punch revisits classic characters from a fresh perspective, marking debuting writer-director Mirrah Foulkes as a filmmaking talent to watch.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKristy PuchkoPajiba
Rich with idiosyncratic style, macabre wit, riveting energy, and performances both playful and perturbing, Judy and Punch really packs a punch. I'm sorry, but it does.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMark OlsenLos Angeles Times
The movie would like to see itself as a feminist allegory of abuse and systemic oppression, but it comes off as something far more scattered and unfocused.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBarry HertzGlobe and Mail
There's no puppet master here - just a pair of hands waving in the air, not quite sure what to do once we're paying attention.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid EhrlichindieWire
"Judy and Punch" feeds on the comic violence that has always informed this material, and finds any number of amusing ways to weaponize it against the irredeemable puppetmaster who's due to become the butt of his own joke.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBill GoodykoontzArizona Republic
"Judy & Punch" is a promising debut for Foulkes, and it's always nice to see the tables turned on centuries of mistreatment.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeah GreenblattEntertainment Weekly
As the movie's tone teeters awkwardly between farce and tragedy, tenderness and bloody vengeance, it's the performances that root it...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCris KennedyThe Canberra Times (Australia)
The puppetry is gorgeous, as are the real-life performances.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDaisy Leigh-PhippardScreen Queens
A feminist retelling, a dark comedy, and an adaptation of a puppet show, Judy & Punch takes the opportunity to give voice to the voiceless, like so many fairy tales do.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrian EggertDeep Focus Review
Wasikowska, far better at giving speeches here than her appearances in Tim Burton's awful Alice in Wonderland movies, makes a stirring feminist hero.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard CrouseRichard Crouse
Although uneven, it cleverly balances everything from humour and tragedy to fairy tales and feminism in a sly story of love and vengeance.
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