76
Metascore
13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonIt Felt Like Love is brilliantly, brutally tactile.
- 91The PlaylistKatie WalshThe PlaylistKatie WalshIt Felt Like Love, marks the arrival of a new crop of talent to watch, behind the camera and in front.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA mood poem to summer loving and sexual awakening, It Felt Like Love powerfully evokes a time when flesh is paramount, and peer behavior is the standard by which we judge our own.
- 88Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenEliza Hittman's film captures the exclusive properties of sex with a degree of intimacy and empathy that, at times, feels authentically revelatory.
- 80NPRElla TaylorNPRElla TaylorResolutely descriptive, It Felt Like Love doesn't exactly have a plot, which feels absolutely right for a film whose elliptical yet intensely focused visual style seem to flow directly from Lila's consciousness.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSadly believable and benefiting from an unshowy performance by first-timer Gina Piersanti, it will have many viewers eager to see what Hittman does next.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe filmmaker has fallen for some of indiedom’s worst clichés, including our main character’s sad stare out to the ocean, and soft camerawork that’s beginning to sound like a Klaxon: Hug me, hug me, hug me.
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloHittman demonstrates enough talent in It Felt Like Love to suggest that she could make a terrific film. All she needs is an original idea.