Washington's performance effortlessly navigates the character's complexities, delusions, and contradictions, partnered with a slow-churning mix of willpower and vulnerability that Davis brings to her role. But as a director, he is at as his best when he's at his stodgiest... He knows acting, and knows how to frame actors in conversation, which is a rarer skill than it should be. But with anything abstract, his direction turns clumsy and overemphatic.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
December 19, 2016