New Orleans Times-Picayune by Mike Scott

By the time Tully hits its homestretch -- and its nicely played third-act revelation -- it all ends up making perfect, beautiful sense. In the process, Tully becomes the sweetest, funniest, most insightful portrayal of post-partum depression you're likely to see for some time.

Slate by Inkoo Kang

I saw Tully twice. After my first screening, I wasn’t sure what to think of the ending. The second time, I was convinced of the film’s brilliance.

The A.V. Club by Jesse Hassenger

Though Davis makes Tully convincing both as a human being and as a mysterious godsend, it’s Theron whose work is absolutely vital to Tully’s success.

Uproxx by Vince Mancini

The Tully character is a perfect outlet for Cody’s writing. One of Cody’s most charming attributes is her flair for small wisdoms. There’s some sneaky trenchant life analysis happening throughout Tully, which is what keeps the every day family stuff from feeling mundane or self-indulgent.

Village Voice by Serena Donadoni

Tully encapsulates the psychological process of maturity with pithy humor and vertiginous insight. Tully’s appearance may have seemed like a magical interlude, but she solidifies Marlo’s reality by exposing the path that led her there.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

Tully turns out to be a twofer. There’s the movie you see, which is whipsmart, intimate, affecting and fearlessly funny about the mixed blessings of motherhood. And there’s the movie you replay in your mind to sort out its several mysteries. That one is richer, deeper and strangely beautiful.

Vanity Fair by Richard Lawson

I’ve seen the film twice now, and while I enjoyed it the first time, on second viewing I found it nearly profound.

Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

Things are never exactly what they seem here — but there’s a deeper, more authentic story Reitman and Cody are interested in telling, even when — maybe especially when — the film veers toward fantasy. If Tully is a movie that cheats, even lies to us a little bit, it’s to get at a more real and recognizable truth.

The Seattle Times by Moira Macdonald

The pleasure of this movie is in Cody’s sly barbs (the rich brother-in-law’s wife has a dog named Prosecco, and a kid whose talent-show skill is Pilates) and in Theron’s soulful, lived-in performance.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Davis gives an absolutely electrifying performance that lends the movie a kick of outrageous originality. This Canadian actress, so good in Halt and Catch Fire and one of the best episodes ever of Black Mirror ("San Junipero") takes it to the next level, suggesting even more exciting things to come.

Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty

Tully feels like the work of a writer who’s matured and lived and become less superficial without giving up any of her natural gift for finding humor in the absurd.

The Playlist by Gregory Ellwood

Reitman is often at his best when he can join forces with an exceptional actor, and Theron once again helps with the heavy lifting.

Screen Daily by David D'Arcy

Theron will put to rest any doubts about her feel for comedy; the darker the better.... As Tully, Mackenzie Davis is radiant.

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

The often-very-funny picture entertains while affording its characters their share of no-laughing-matter concerns.

The Guardian

It’s a marvellous movie about the lies we tell ourselves to stay sane—and the reasons why we might need to tell the truth.

IndieWire by David Ehrlich

Theron and Davis are dynamite together, the actresses playing off each other like two sides of the same coin.

New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein

The title character in Tully, the third collaboration between director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, doesn’t make her entrance until well into the film, after it’s established that the protagonist, Marlo (Charlize Theron), is moving from postpartum depression to postpartum desperation — and that’s when the movie enters uncharted territory and comes to life.

Variety by Owen Gleiberman

Tully has its heart (and many other things) in the right place, but by the end you wish it had an imagination finely executed enough to match its empathy.

Slant Magazine by Derek Smith

In Marlo, Diablo Cody has created her most complicated character to date. Would that her writing displayed similar richness and empathy in painting the film's supporting characters.