I Saw the Light

"The trouble is, the film itself is an unholy mess..."

"Despite committed performances from Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen... (I Saw the Light) is a dull, unfocused slog."

"Hiddleston is not what's wrong with this movie. But damn near everything else is."

"An old-fashioned, hand-tinted postcard that's as inert as it is pretty."

"In the end, I Saw The Light doesn't illuminate enough to show us an entirely compelling Williams."

"A fine portrait of Hank Williams..."

"Hiddleston and Olsen impress, and the music remains golden, but this is just another by-the-numbers biopic."

"A very simple, straight, three-chord biopic which (unlike Hank’s music) avoids sentimentality and trite romanticism."

"An interestingly acted curiosity."

"I Saw The Light gives us an exceptional central performance - but one that is entombed in a very dull and listless film."

"Less a biopic than a dramatised Wikipedia page, every fact, plot point and character beat is played directly on the nose..."

"Hank Williams often had the occasion to croon a lot of mournful songs, but none of them convey the tragedy of Marc Abraham’s miscalculated biopic..."