Luckiest Girl Alive

"(Kunis') performance carries the film — a fortunate break for the director Mike Barker..."

"Kunis does her best to hold on to Ani’s fragile pain beneath the icy shell, but her surefooted performance drowns in clichés."

"The whole thing is mostly made up of tasteless decisions."

"As she often is in her projects, Kunis is the very best thing in Luckiest Girl Alive by a mile."

"While the material at times veers close to exploitation, Knoll’s writing and Kunis’ performance ensure this is ultimately a tale of survival and perseverance..."

"Small edits could have propelled the film into a dark drama instead of something resembling a PSA."

"(The film) falls into the trap of trying too hard to capture not just the book’s flashback-heavy plot but also its distinctive voice."

"Barker... lacks the firm hand needed to weave Knoll’s threads into a single, compelling tapestry."

"For the majority of its 115-minute runtime, the most glaring truth about this film is the fact that it should have been a series instead."

"(It) can be tonally haphazard and occasionally... problematic, but it’s also frequently gripping, and rendered empathetic by an inspired Kunis."