Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

Florence Foster Jenkins isn’t really about how passion trumps art. It’s about how life is more important than art.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Calvin Wilson

It’s not necessary to be a classical-music buff to be charmed by this thoroughly entertaining film that never hits a false note.

Chicago Sun-Times by Bill Zwecker

This is an intelligent, deeply moving film that is about so much more than a rich lady with delusional dreams about her own musical abilities. It is, in fact, quite an uplifting homage to the spirit of confidence in the face of enormous adversity.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

Hugh Grant is no less great (and has terrific chemistry with Streep) in his juiciest role in years as St. Clair.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani

Directed with tremendous style and vibrant, buoyant energy.

RogerEbert.com by Susan Wloszczyna

In this charming and delightful biopic that bears her name, the matronly Jenkins is an endearing and courageous stand-in for countless other mortals whose aspirations in the arts often far exceed their talents.

TheWrap

This is a fine, funny and moving film tribute to the efforts and passions of its titular heroine, a woman who lived out her dreams, at any price.

TheWrap by Jason Solomons

This is a fine, funny and moving film tribute to the efforts and passions of its titular heroine, a woman who lived out her dreams, at any price.

Entertainment Weekly by Leah Greenblatt

It would be easy to mine Jenkins’ story for silly farce and 1940s set pieces and let it coast from there, but director Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen) is too kind, and too nuanced, to do that. Even when she’s murdering a high C, his Florence finds the melody.

Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan

Bouquets all round: Stephen Frears goes broad in Florence Foster Jenkins, and the appeal should be wide.

Slate by Dana Stevens

Streep, who has long enjoyed playing women endowed with more than the average supply of gusto, makes the character’s delusional faith in her own talent so infectious that we ache at the thought of Florence’s impending humiliation even as we prepare ourselves to laugh at it.

Total Film by Jamie Graham

With Streep on grandstanding form and Grant given a rare chance to show his range, this is an intelligent dramedy that moves and amuses.

Time Out London by Cath Clarke

Director Stephen Frears sketches out her tragic backstory, and Streep in grande dame mode is not to be missed.

Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan

Bouquets all round: Stephen Frears goes broad in Florence Foster Jenkins, and the appeal should be wide.

New York Daily News by Stephen Whitty

It's a pleasure seeing Grant in a great part again, playing the sort of almost-cad he's best at. And Streep - who, in real life, can belt anything from Broadway to Bruce - is clearly having a ball singing badly.

Variety by Guy Lodge

Florence Foster Jenkins is an audience picture first and foremost: one wholly sympathetic to its eponymous subject’s delusional drive to delight crowds with or without the requisite artistry.

Empire by Anna Smith

A fizzy, funny, period dramedy with top-notch performances, Florence Foster Jenkins doesn't take many risks but it's a very entertaining experience. And yes, she was that bad.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

A gentle and charming entertainment.

The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton

Florence Foster Jenkins is a modestly enjoyable crowd-pleaser, but it ultimately feels smaller than its subject, a deeply conventional portrait of a highly unconventional woman.