This is a heartbreaker about mothers and daughters, the cruelty of repression and the slippery but revealing nature of performance. And to the end, it remains steadfast in its conviction that a woman’s truth and her beauty are never at odds.

Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

The re-enactments map out the family’s tension and lay bare their wounds, but the lost daughters remain cyphers — the appeal of radicalization frustratingly murky through the end.

Beatrice Loayza

The New York Times

A fascinating metacommentary courses beneath the film’s emotional storytelling surface.

Derek Smith

Slant Magazine