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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisArdent and primal, Daughter of Mine addresses complicated ideas with head-clearing simplicity.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDaughter of Mine is a triptych of vivid characters and superb performances (including that of young Sara Casu), a study in contrasting and competing passions.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWhile some of Bispuri’s scripting can be a bit too pointed for a story that traffics in such elemental textures (a brief flashback scene is particularly ill-advised), the film renders each of Vittoria’s mothers with such riveting and unvarnished empathy that you hardly even notice how their daughter is growing up before your eyes, stronger than the both of them.
- 80CineVuePatrick GambleCineVuePatrick GambleA bold and colourful, but by no means superficial portrait of femininity, Daughter of Mine successfully embodies a set of ideas – and anxieties – about motherhood that eloquently reflect a contemporary need to reevaluate the traditional family unit.
- Bispuri and her actresses offer a striking study in contrasts.
- 80VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangEven when it trips up in its later stages, Daughter of Mine is a noble rarity, passionately involved in the exploration of oppositional ideas of motherhood not just as an abstract concept, but as a real and vivid, painfully sacrificial thing.
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMothers are complicated. Children are complicated. Daughter of Mine doesn’t try to explain this bond — it just wants to revel in its glorious, enriching messiness.
- 75The Film StageEd FranklThe Film StageEd FranklBispuri challenges us to do away with conventional notions of what a perfect mother should be.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe tense triangle among the girl and her two moms unfolds against an interesting backdrop: a stark setting in rural Sardinia, where tall cliffs and dirt roads criss-cross a shrub-infested desert. Its general wildness is underlined in the first scene at a local bronco-busting rodeo.
- 38Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneUnlike My Life in Pink, Daughter of Mine sidesteps all ambiguity, as the film reveals everything about its characters straight away, leaving little room for unexpected complexities about their predicaments to develop.