An Angel at My Table

Washington Post by

For Americans, the measured accumulation of detail can be frustrating. It's like listening to a story about someone you barely know and being forced to prompt the teller, "And then? And then?"

Empire by David Parkinson

Campion's grasp of her material is intellectually and emotionally assured, while Fox's extraordinary performance demonstrates an honesty, courage and power that's rarely attempted, let alone achieved.

Washington Post by Hal Hinson

A big, sprawling, unshapely thing, insufferably verbose and, at the same time, touched with magnificence.

Slant Magazine by Jake Cole

Jane Campion upends staid genre convention with an impressionistic approach to character.

Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frame's story is told with an intriguingly naked honesty but one that never drags the viewer into emotional prurience. It creates a fascinating portrait.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

Told in Campion’s fancifully fractured style, An Angel at My Table is very accomplished, but it’s also an epic act of perversity: a 2-hour-and-38-minute movie about a wallflower.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

It tells its story calmly and with great attention to human detail and, watching it, I found myself drawn in with a rare intensity.