The Tale

  • 2018


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Positive Reviews 74
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Average Rating 4.3/5
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3.8
The film is one long interrogation, not only from Jennifer the characters standpoint, but from a directorial standpoint. Rogerebert
5.0
Its a thriller almost, but its suspense thats borne out of human need for something real in a world that feels increasingly fake.Theres nothing fake a .. Rogerebert
4.5
The guileless little girl, of course, cant feel a thing; shes defiantly headstrong and ready for her life to begin. Indie Wire
3.0
An immense, brave, and genuinely earth shaking self portrait that explores sexual assault with a degree of nuance and humility often missing from the .. Indie Wire
5.0
Instead, it shows that finding the truth of any story is finding the strength to see it clearly. Variety
4.0
In Jennifers memory, that first love was a thing of beauty, an elaborate secret shared between her and two very special adults. Variety
5.0
Its a bold, significant piece of work: an investigative thriller with a grave finale that stuns you into silence, then, hopefully, something more. Time Out
5.0
Timely and disquieting, The Tale has resonance with the #MeToo moment; it also feels like a burst artery. Time Out
5.0
I want more people to see The Tale because its such an innovative, honest and important film.It is a landmark, and Laura Dern is absolutely extraordin .. The Guardian
5.0
Brilliantly constructed and heartrendingly performed, The Tale feels as cathartic and cleansing as a primal scream. Screen Daily
3.0
The Tale is one of the bravest and smartest movies Ive ever seen. Collider
4.5
Even cast members who arent center stage provide phenomenal work. Collider
4.0
(One of the most important books about PTSD in the last decade is Bessel van der Kolks The Body Keeps the Score an idea thats all over this movie.).As .. Vulture
3.5
On the other hand, that might be entirely the point, but its hard to tell with this slippery, thought provoking and thoroughly compelling film. The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
The Tale is a push, then, to disseminate a hard truth and by extension an argument for confronting the reality of abuse and abusers, no matter how pai .. The New York Times
4.6
And this beautiful, gripping, disturbing film deserves to be looked at with as much nuance as it offers. Paste Magazine
4.0
But others have a built in immensity that can make a television screen fill your entire field of vision. Telegraph
4.0
The film knits together past and present, with passages from Jennys The Tale, and new interviews in which an off camera Jennifer interrogates figures ..
5.0
This gently interrogative approach to a delicate subject proves extremely effective. Village Voice
4.5
This might be brutal stuff, but The Tale, for much of its running time, avoids easy emotional beats; its a surprisingly cerebral movie. Village Voice
4.0
Big Little Lies star Laura Dern returns to HBO with sexual abuse drama The Tale, which premiered at this years Sundance Film Festival.(Photo: KYLE KAP .. Usa Today
5.0
Jennifer Foxs dramatization of her own childhood sexual abuse is a searing, necessary watch. Decider
4.5
Jennys reluctance to stare down the horror gives The Tale an ineluctable psychological power. News Day
4.0
It is truly hard to imagine more effective tinder to ignite a conversation than The Tale. New York Post
4.5
The Tale is the story of one person, but it could so easily be the story of countless others.With the Larry Nassar case so fresh in our minds, it has .. Hindustan Times
3.5
I dont need you or anybody to call me a victim.DEGGANS: HBOs film is a creative, slow moving exercise in peeling away Jennifers denial. Npr
4.5
Its difficult and sad and not always clear, but thats Foxs point. Toronto Star
5.0
The film cleverly explores the unreliable nature of memory, through canny casting and shifting recollections. Flim List
4.5
If the stodginess of the dialogue seems to resemble a stage play at times, the sheer importance of this story makes The Tale a crucial cinematic exper .. Film Inquiry
5.0
The film is, necessarily, shocking but Fox handles what must have been difficult emotional material for her in a cool and responsible way that makes t .. Eye For Film
4.0
For all its exploration of personal experiences, The Tale is an oddly impersonal personal movieyet its dramatic thinness is, in its own way, revelator .. New Yorker
3.5
The aesthetic is abstracted, staged and stylized; it has a distancing effect that creates a safe place to explore dangerous ideas. New Yorker
5.0
In the months since the revelations about the behavior of Harvey Weinstein kicked off an international reckoning around sexual harassment and assault, .. Time
4.5
This is no sanitised version of events. This is harsh reality laid bare unsparing, unstinting. The New Indian Express
2.0
Exploring the ideas of memory not unlike last years Sundance premiere Marjorie Prime, the ones at the heart of The Tale are much more complex and dest .. The Film Stage
5.0
Its a rare thing for a film to anatomize the complex processes of memory and healing as effectively as The Tale, which premieres Saturday at 10 p.m.Th .. Boston Globe
5.0
And its very difficult to put into words what this movie does to a viewer, but it makes you understand. Uproxx
4.0
The Tale is above all a work of profound empathy, as a look inside someones psyche would have to be. The Atlantic
2.0
If my memory reshapes them, Im not sure Ill realize it.I have seen The Tale once. Consequence Of Sound
4.0
It is a story of a woman taking her life back, nested in a film serving the same purpose.Like any good memoir, it provides a pathway on which women wh .. Vox
5.0
Fox offers a beautifully crafted story which isnt afraid of challenging classical storytelling techniques in the most courageous ways. Hey U Guys
3.0
Its justifiably an awkward shift at the beginning of the film, but Debicki in particular makes it less jarring as the movie goes on and it pays off sp .. The Play List
4.0
But given how nuanced her underlying subject is, The Tale remains captivating. Now Toronto
4.5
It is a privilege to demand or even imagine such a thing as an unbiased review, a reading of art thats entirely divorced from ones own unignorable exp .. Film School Rejects
4.0
The Tale is distressing and compelling, a film for the #MeToo movement that reckons with personal relationships and inflicted trauma. Cine Vue
4.5
We dont always consider the complexity of what a child feels, Fox says of this troubling idea. Lw Lies
4.5
She doesnt banter with the older girls the horse camp, shes awed by them. Ar Kansas Online
4.5
But there is something so primal and personal about the film that it feels inexact, somehow, to yoke it to a movement, to hold it up as some kind of e .. Vanity Fair
3.5
If I didnt think about it, if I didnt say the words out loud, then it couldnt have been me. Refinery 29
3.5
The timing of The Tale is fortuitous, but I fear that the hype associated with the #MeToo label might somehow obscure what is ultimately a slow, delic .. Refinery 29
4.5
It would be great to see HBO screen The Tale in at least a few theaters, in hopes of making a longshot Oscar contender. Daily Dot
5.0
Director Jennifer Fox is one of those women, and she tells her brave and heartrending true story in The Tale by using memory and documentary influence .. Film
5.0
What a brave move for the studio to kill off that beloved superhero character. Chicago Sun Times
3.5
The Tale needs to be told.Fox shouldnt have had to wait this long, but it sounds like it was a process of self discovery and then growing as a filmmak .. We Live Entertainment
4.0
The television movie The Tale, is a far more nuanced, troubling and thought provoking look at personal trauma. Straits Times
5.0
Youve seen nothing like it before; on one level its a beguiling, heartbreaking story of trauma, and on another an insightful and groundbreaking invest .. One Room With A View
4.5
Laura Dern stands in for the director with a beautifully acted performance. Solzy At The Movies
5.0
The Tale deeply understands and conveys the emotional cartwheels the mind does to victims as they reframe their narrative. Awards Circuit
5.0
But that it doesnt direct you how to feel about it, or moralize, or redeem, or reassure is its greatest power.The Tale is relentlessly uncomfortable, .. The Daily Beast
4.5
The real 13 year old Jenny is so tiny, barely clearing four feet tall, with chipmunk cheeks and a snaggle tooth. New Republic
4.5
Bill and Mrs. Gs methodical manipulation of young Jennifer never edges over into exaggeration. Mid West Film Journal
4.5
This is a film that tackles a particularly delicate topic with a special complexity. Entertainment Voice
2.0
National TV Reviews & News Stories and opinions on TVs passing parade of shows and stars HBO stays in a fun free zone with its latest original film, T .. Uncle Barky
4.4
Dern has never been better than she is here in this film. Its a stunning achievement, made all the more powerful by the fact that shes interpreting th .. Hollywood News
5.0
A deeply personal exorcism of repressed trauma, The Tale is writer director Jennifer Foxs brave dramatization of her own story. Tv Insider
2.5
Its timely and everything, but coming after the appalling rape scandal with a gymnastic coach, it may also be too soon. Roger Cat
3.8
Fox telling a story about her traumatic event isnt only a story from a perspective of a person whos figured it out, its someone whos still battling. 812 Film Reviews
5.0
But is the movie good solely because of its impact and timeliness.For sure, it is not at all enjoyable. The Muse Jezebel
4.5
As harrowing as it is to watch, seeing a woman come to terms with the reality of her abuse after decades of burying it is deeply powerful. Mubi
5.0
It is, instead, a startlingly effective act of fiction, in which Fox turns her abuser into an accessory in her own narrative, a means to an ending. Buzz Feed
4.0
But what is striking about The Tale is the unconventional way the story is told. Business Insider
4.0
Putting this on TV, therefore, is sensible, and it doesnt take away from the films quality in the least. The Lonely Film Critic
4.0
All her appearances seem like carefully constructed performances. Seventh Row
4.5
The Tale is a deeply personal and at times hard to watch story of a woman coming to terms with her own sexual assault as a child.
4.5
Perhaps its too much to ask of such a raw and brutally honest film that it deal with resolution as complexly as it does with instigation. Review Film Review
4.5
Foxs vulnerability, both in front of and behind the camera, shines through and leaves the viewer emotionally invested from the very beginning. Hannahhoolihan
4.5
The framing of what happened to Jenny is flexible, expansive, interested in complication; the perspective is enigmatic, deeply personal, at once singu .. Vqr Online
4.5
By emphasising how little Fox could trust her memory, The Tale forces us to discern that when someone is assaulted, so is their mind blocking their ow ..



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