Maudie

"What interests Walsh and screenwriter Sherry White isn’t Lewis’ disability, but the other obstacles that stood between her and the unlikely success she found as a painter."

"Hawkins shines in a touching biopic that will make you laugh, cry and Google its subject afterwards."

"As unassuming and gentle as its subject, Maudie breaks your heart with its infectious positivity and an outstanding Sally Hawkins, who can always be relied on for an emotionally sturdy, big-hearted performance."

"Sticks by its less-is-more ethos to the end, but Hawkins and Ethan Hawke turn a tragic tale into an absorbing one."

"What started as cinematic torture transformed ultimately into a charming story of unanticipated celebrity and success. On film, as in life, Maudie eventually shone through."

"A romantic drama with a scruffy integrity, "Maudie" is, for better and for worse, an actorly exercise in presenting an audience with two willfully peculiar characters and then trying to find a way to make us fall in love with them."

"Blessed by a distinctly human and subtle turn from its leading lady, and if there's any justice come awards season will be rightly recognised so."

"Too sentimental to be great, but the sumptuous camerawork of Guy Godfree and Hawkins’s remarkable turn lift it well above the run-of-the-mill."

"A claustrophobic two-hander most of the way that will appeal almost exclusively to older art house patrons, but it has a shot at carving a profile for itself on the basis of Hawkins' captivating performance."

"Equal parts engrossingly tragic and joyful."

"The only fireworks here are of the indoor kind, but this sensitive, beautifully acted film lingers long after the final frame. And the Newfoundland locations are breathtaking."