Critic Reviews

1,000 Times Good Night has moments of both startling violence and breathtaking beauty.

Binoche does an excellent job showing her character’s conflict, though it is not until later in the movie that we learn why she so eagerly runs into danger.

Deftly sidestepping both melodrama and family-values messaging, Poppe imbues the film with enormous emotional resonance, brilliantly grounded by his leading lady.

Binoche is her usual dependable self, bringing passion and fury to a familiar, but still compelling, character.

An affecting drama made more poignant by honest-feeling autobiographical elements.

What makes 1,000 Times Good Night more than a dramatic essay on wartime journalism is Ms. Binoche’s wrenchingly honest portrayal of a woman of conscience driven by a mixture of guilt, nobility and self-importance, reckoning belatedly with her destructive impulses.

The first English-language film from Norwegian director Eric Poppe is a conscientious and beautifully shot movie that ultimately bogs down in its own disinclination to come to any kind of dramatically useful conclusion about its subject.

Binoche never falters. She's the film's fire and grieving heart.

A compelling, if well worn , topic — work/life balance — is brought vividly to life by a great Binoche performance.

Director Erik Poppe’s worthy intentions are nearly undone by an undisciplined screenplay. Still, he marshals two strong performances.