Synopsis
An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.
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Cast
- Kristen StewartJean Seberg
- Jack O'ConnellJack Solomon
- Anthony MackieHakim Jamal
- Margaret QualleyLinette Solomon
- Zazie BeetzDorothy Jamal
- Yvan AttalRomain Gary
- Stephen RootWalt Breckman
- Colm MeaneyFrank Ellroy
- Vince VaughnCarl Kowalski
- Jade PettyjohnJenny Kowalski
Recommendations
- 90
Time
The picture is potent and engaging; even its fictionalized elements ring with the spirit of truth. And Stewart is off the charts, though that’s hardly a surprise. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The luminous Kristen Stewart keeps you glued throughout, giving a coolly compelling performance that becomes steadily more poignant as the subject unravels. - 70
TheWrap
While director Andrews, most known for his stage work, doesn’t always know how to lift this story beyond banal biopic choices, he’s certainly tapped into something special with Stewart, who continues to reveal new layers with each film. - 70
Screen Daily
Seberg somehow manages to pull off a tricky combination of radical politics, inter-racial sex and Hollywood tragedy while styling Stewart in Chanel. It’s quite a balancing act, but this is a film in which the story is just about strong enough to pull that heavy cart along. - 58
The Playlist
With exquisite costume design, cinematography and a talented supporting cast, there’s plenty to admire in Seberg. However, the film’s sprawling and unwieldy narrative is ultimately what hinders it, leaving a drama that focuses in on a single person somehow feeling shallow and impersonal. - 50
Variety
Every time it threatens to truly pierce the psyche of its subject, played with typically intriguing, elusory intelligence by Kristen Stewart, the more ordinary mechanics of the movie she’s serving get in the way. - 50
The Film Stage
Seberg never quite makes the case for its own existence, nor does it demonstrate to the audience why its protagonist’s political beliefs were so revolutionary. - 42
IndieWire
Sometimes clever, often clumsy, and virtually always denying Kristen Stewart the space required to breathe new life into the film’s namesake, Seberg feels off-balance from almost the moment it starts.
