Critics Consensus

Mary Queen of Scots: A Period Political Thriller With Smarts

Plus, Ben is Back and Season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel are Certified Fresh.


This weekend at the movies, we’ve got a royal rivalry (Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie) and a number of other films in limited release. What are the critics saying?



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Also Opening This Week In Limited Release

  • , a concert documentary of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 Los Angeles performance of the titular gospel album, is at 100%.
  • , about an Iranian ex-pat in Denmark whose quest to marry into citizenship takes an unexpected turn, is at 88%.
  • , starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges in a drama about a mother reconnecting with her newly returned drug-addict son, is Certified Fresh at 83%.
  • , a documentary about the controversial Fox News founder’s political influence, is at 83%.
  • , a drama about the relationship between a married woman and a younger man caring for his three younger sisters, is at 82%.
  • , starring Ron Perlman and Famke Janssen in a drama about an aging hitman who begins an unexpected romance, is at 75%.
  • , starring Natalie Portman as a pop superstar attempting a comeback whose rise to fame is marked by tragedy, is at 74%.
  • , a comedy-drama about the non-acting matriarch of a showbiz family and the spirit she may or may not be seeing, is at 67%.
  • , about a black man who accompanies a friend to a weekend party and begins to feel uneasy about being the only minority present, is at 60%.
  • , about a bored woman who cheats on her boyfriend out of fear that they’re heading for a mediocre life, is at 60%.
  • , about the plus-sized daughter of a beauty queen who upends her mom’s pageant by entering it, is at 50%.
  • , about a frustrated accountant who finds brotherhood in the other men like him in a synchronized swimming group, is at 45%.