Seberg

"It's true that the biopic is generally a debased form of cinema, but in this case a little more bio might have made all the difference. It's an indulgent picture, a performance in search of a vehicle, a feat of set-dressing rather than the engrossing drama Jean Seberg deserved."

"With her close-cropped hairdo, easy charm and strong convictions, it's hard not to be drawn to her in every scene. It's just a slight pity, the story doesn't quite match the compellingess of her turn."

"By the end, it feels as if the real [Jean] Seberg has been edged out of her own biopic."

"[T]he film... is fantastically flat."

"Kristen Stewart's performance burns with far greater intensity than the middling material that surrounds it."

"...intelligently scripted and keeps relatively – if not rigorously – close to the facts. It’s also quite engrossing, and Kirsten Stewart is excellent in a demanding role."

"It tells us that Seberg was wronged and that she looked really great in a bra – and not necessarily in that order."

"Sometimes clever, often clumsy, and virtually always denying Kristen Stewart the space required to breathe new life into the film’s namesake, Seberg feels off-balance from almost the moment it starts."

"Every time it threatens to truly pierce the psyche of its subject, played with typically intriguing, elusory intelligence by Kristen Stewart, the more ordinary mechanics of the movie she’s serving get in the way."

"The luminous Kristen Stewart keeps you glued throughout, giving a coolly compelling performance that becomes steadily more poignant as the subject unravels."