Miss Meadows 2014

Dennis Harvey, Variety: Middling "Miss Meadows" blends black comedy, character study and thriller elements into a mixture that doesn't quite gel, though it's watchable enough. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: As an ostensible work of satire, it lacks bite, never truly questioning or complicating its heroine's actions; the film isn't even outrageous enough to be appalling (which paradoxically makes it appalling). Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Director-screenwriter Hopkins is unsuccessful in navigating the absurd storyline's jarring tonal shifts, with the result that this kinder, gentler variation on Ms. 45 mainly emerges as off-puttingly bizarre. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: May we be excused, "Miss Meadows"? Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Hopkins fails to fulfill the potential of her own script. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: Despite an eccentric streak (which turns erratic), the script doesn't allow much room for the premise to take flight. Read more

Brian Truitt, USA Today: It exists somewhere between serious character study and satirical fish-out-of-water story, never figuring out which it wants to be. Read more

Serena Donadoni, Village Voice: It takes a committed performance to make a character like Miss Meadows fly, and Katie Holmes goes all in. Read more