79
Metascore
39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinIt might just be the most poignant, moving film ever made about one man's surprisingly noble efforts to get laid.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe Sessions is first and foremost about Hawkes' virtuoso performance, one of those "My Left Foot"-y transformations that make audiences verklemmt and generate awards talk.
- 80Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneBoxoffice MagazineRay GreeneThe emotional journey is articulated with so much nuance, and such a vigorous belief in human possibility, that everything The Surrogate touches becomes its own, and is made new.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAt once entirely frank and downright cuddly in the way it deals with the seldom-visited subject of the sex lives of people with disabilities, this well-acted and constructed film will, at the very least, turn the spotlight on this unusual topic.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe real heat of The Sessions comes from its pitch-perfect sense of place, the free-spirited Berkeley of the 1980s.
- 80Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonHawkes and Hunt nobly tackle the physical demands their roles require.
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmAided by committed, awards-ready performance, The Sessions transforms 'taboo' subject matter into a humorous, humane and uncomplicated pleasure.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe briskness of The Sessions works against it: It lacks the fullness of the best films of its ilk, chief among them Jim Sheridan's "My Left Foot." But Lewin lets his eye wander pleasingly.