The Christian Sciene MonitorPolley has a sometimes graceful understanding of emotional temperate zones and Williams, when she isn’t being zombielike, is...
Total FilmSome strained metaphors and character tics aside, this proves both Polley's perceptive eye and Williams' ability to explore ...
TelegraphIn Sarah Polley's marital-crisis drama, Michelle Williams proves herself peerless at falling in and out of love on screen
TelegraphRobbie Collin and Tim Robey round up the rest of the week's films, including Take This Waltz, starring Michelle Williams and...
The GuardianEverything about Sarah Polley's unendurably precious marital drama – from the performances to the cinematography – stifles
Salon ArtsTake This Waltz is frank, erotic, often very funny and sometimes startling, with an underlying tragic sensibility.
New York Daily NewsIt's a shame Polley drowns the vitally mundane in so much indie quirk, because her committed leads work hard to create a tou...
The New York TimesMs. Polley, as a writer, a director of actors and a constructor of images, excels at managing the idiosyncrasies and contrad...
New York PostThis movie is bathed in bright hues with a sweaty haze; it feels lush, almost overripe.
SlateThis romantic drama, starring the always-extraordinary Michelle Williams as a restless married woman contemplating an affair...
The New YorkerYour best option, perhaps, is to zone out from the implausible kinks in the setup... This will leave you free to savor the c...
The Boston GlobeA color-drenched story of lust, love, and infidelity, it suffers from a vagueness that may be the point but that feels accid...
Los Angeles TimesSomehow it is the waiting - for the fall that you expect is coming, for the marriage you figure will fall apart - that makes...
San Francisco ChronicleAt its worst, Polley's style veers toward the cornball. Yet, in the broad outlines of her story, she has clearly created som...
Washington PostIn the end, it's a story of misplaced faith. In what? Not love exactly, but in the rush of infatuation, and the illusion tha...
The Philadelphia InquirerWilliams lives and breathes her role, Kirby is charming and real, and you actually start to ache and empathize with Rogen - ...
Chicago Sun-TimesMichelle Williams has such an angelic presence that her very sweetness threatens to undermine Sarah Polley's "Take This Walt...
Film School RejectsMichelle Williams turns in another solid, well-crafted performance; impeccable set design; well-paced and never over-the-top...
E! OnlineNope, don't take this Waltz. The sophomore feature from writer/director Sarah Polley centers on sophomoric Margot (Michelle ...
Entertainment WeeklyMargot (Michelle Williams), a Toronto freelance writer, is cozily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), an author of cookbooks. But w...
Film FractureThe series of unrelated scenes that appear to make up Take This Waltz just don't work very well together.
JobloWhile TAKE THIS WALTZ may take some time to start the dance, it finds its footing as it begins to tell Margot, Lou and Danie...
ReelViewsTake This Waltz is not about who Margot ends up involved with but whether she grows as a person. The last scenes provide a c...
Hollywood ReporterSarah Polley’s banal second feature is emotionally fraudulent and far too infatuated with its own preciousness.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Sarah Polley
Writer: Sarah Polley
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Cast: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby
Release: June 29, 2012
Writer: Sarah Polley
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Cast: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby
Release: June 29, 2012
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