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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90ColliderTania HussainColliderTania HussainBaking up a storm of humor and heart, the pro-shot Broadway production with Bareilles leading the charge is the perfect treat this holiday season.
- 88RogerEbert.comNell MinowRogerEbert.comNell MinowThe show is smoothly staged before an appreciative audience, with well-chosen theatrical touches.
- 80CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowrySara Bareilles headlines this adaptation for which she wrote the lilting songs, in a show that manages to be alternately sweet and silly, touching and raunchy.
- 75Slant MagazineDan RubinsSlant MagazineDan RubinsThe film accomplishes its principal goal of capturing Sara Bareilles’s spectacular take on Jenna Hunterson, especially in its close-ups of the singer-songwriter.
- 60The New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliThe New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliThis is Bareilles’s show in every way. While she doesn’t quite match the emotional subtlety of Jessie Mueller, who originated Jenna, she has grown in leaps and bounds as an actress and provides a warm anchor for the movie.