Pieces of a Woman
Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible - Fallout) leads this drama from the writer and director of White God as a woman going through the emotional gauntlet of losing a baby. Co-stars Shia LaBeouf and Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn alongside Emmy-nominees Molly Parker (House of Cards) and Sarah Snook (Succession). Martin Scorsese serves as executive producer.
Martha (Kirby) and Sean (LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with her husband and her domineering mother (Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court.
- Director:
- Kornél Mundruczó ('White God', 'Jupiter's Moon', 'Johanna')
- Writer:
- Kata Wéber
- Cast:
- Vanessa KirbyShia LaBeoufEllen BurstynBenny SafdieSarah SnookMolly Parker
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Amanda Jane Robinson
flicksDirected by Kornél Mundruczó (White God) and written by his partner and frequent collaborator Kata Wéber, this film is thoroughly personal and radically empathetic. Vanessa Kirby is outstanding as Martha, a mother stripped of motherhood traversing territory rarely put to screen. Shia LaBeouf does well opposite Kirby, with brilliant cameos by Benny Safdie (Good Time) and Sarah Snook (Succession). It’s a shame then, that despite all the talent involved, the film’s second and third acts never quite lives up to its opening.
A.V. Club
pressEveryone here is stuck in a movie that never lets its emotions breathe, in no small part because its director insists on gussying up a small character drama with plus-sized gestures.
Slant Magazine
pressWhen the film’s actors are given space to etch their characters’ feelings, they turn in strikingly naturalistic performances.
IndieWire
pressAfter the implosive force of those first 30 minutes, the rest of the movie can’t help but feel like a self-defeating scavenger hunt through the rubble.
Screen Daily
pressAs fragmented as its title suggests, Pieces of a Woman contains parts of a good film, possibly a great one.
The Guardian
pressViewed as an acting masterclass, the film is bruisingly impressive in its way. The principal actors raise the roof; each gets to do their big turn for the camera. But it feels a little schooled, a little staged, like a workshop at the Actors’ Studio.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThose with the stomach for a forcefully acted representation of the gut-wrenching impact and long-range after-effects of sudden infant death will be rewarded with moments both powerful and affecting.
Variety
pressMundruczó and Wéber gave her the pieces from which to assemble this character, but only Kirby could have taken that puzzle and turned it into such an astonishing portrait.
Flicks, Amanda Jane Robinson
flicksDirected by Kornél Mundruczó (White God) and written by his partner and frequent collaborator Kata Wéber, this film is thoroughly personal and radically empathetic. Vanessa Kirby is outstanding as Martha, a mother stripped of motherhood traversing territory rarely put to screen. Shia LaBeouf does well opposite Kirby, with brilliant cameos by Benny Safdie (Good Time) and Sarah Snook (Succession). It’s a shame then, that despite all the talent involved, the film’s second and third acts never quite lives up to its opening.
A.V. Club
pressEveryone here is stuck in a movie that never lets its emotions breathe, in no small part because its director insists on gussying up a small character drama with plus-sized gestures.
Slant Magazine
pressWhen the film’s actors are given space to etch their characters’ feelings, they turn in strikingly naturalistic performances.
IndieWire
pressAfter the implosive force of those first 30 minutes, the rest of the movie can’t help but feel like a self-defeating scavenger hunt through the rubble.
Screen Daily
pressAs fragmented as its title suggests, Pieces of a Woman contains parts of a good film, possibly a great one.
The Guardian
pressViewed as an acting masterclass, the film is bruisingly impressive in its way. The principal actors raise the roof; each gets to do their big turn for the camera. But it feels a little schooled, a little staged, like a workshop at the Actors’ Studio.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThose with the stomach for a forcefully acted representation of the gut-wrenching impact and long-range after-effects of sudden infant death will be rewarded with moments both powerful and affecting.
Variety
pressMundruczó and Wéber gave her the pieces from which to assemble this character, but only Kirby could have taken that puzzle and turned it into such an astonishing portrait.
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