81
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinFiennes is admirably open throughout, with seemingly no thought of a public image to burnish.
- 88RogerEbert.comNell MinowRogerEbert.comNell MinowThe organization of the film, jumping back and forth in time, is distracting. But the subject is never less than enthralling.
- 80The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeThe Observer (UK)Wendy IdeThe approach of director Matthew Dyas, who gives the archive material the appearance of found footage, adds to the mythic romance of Fiennes’s life story.
- 60The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeThere’s plenty of white-knuckle footage from the archive, as well as reflections of old muckers. Fiennes says that in his darkest, diciest moments in peril he imagined his heroes – the father and grandfather he never met – watching over him.