The World to Come - Reviews

...a soulful affair you unambiguously root for.

...Waterston’s delicate performance inspires deep empathy.

...an intoxicating depiction of a true love that can never last.

Kirby and Waterston show with great actorly skill and zeal two people falling head-over-heels in love at first sight, utterly and passionately.

...reflects that in its absorbing emotional layers and tender reverence for the written word.

...Fastvold’s romance casts a spell.

Waterston and Kirby offer elegant portrayals, just as their male co-stars strive to find dimensions and not cardboard villainy in their characters.

...[Waterston & Kirby] bring both urgency and fragility to their constrained characters...

The leads are riveting in their respective roles...

...feels true to its time and place, and all four main players do a spectacularly good job of sounding and acting true to the time.

...swoon-worthy frontier romance.

...weaves a beguiling spell, told with both restraint and ecstasy.

This tale of two young women finding unexpected love in rural 19th-century America is a moody, beautifully shot period piece.

The love that grows between Abigail and Tallie is the kind of love we all hope for, regardless of our gender or sexual identity -- which is one of the small miracles of this film.

Der er noget forfriskende ved at følge en homoseksuel romance iblandt småfolket...