Mackey’s portrayal finds real pathos in Emily as a sort of pioneer in the contradictions of Romanticism, which gave rise to and still inform our contemporary restlessness—isolated, sensitive, buffeted by stormy impulses.
... is a sexy movie. O’Connor finds immense pleasure in awkward touches, stolen glances and overdressed characters tearing away at all the layers they have on.
...Mackey more than delivers. She brings vulnerability as well as a mischief to the role. We get a sense for the writer's fallibility, but also the sharp and witty mind that lives within.
...a biopic, of sorts, of Emily Brontë, in which the filmmaker plays fast and loose with the facts and invents whole-cloth a frankly preposterous sexual affair for the unmarried and intensely withdrawn author.
En film som formar sig till ett sexigt, romantiskt, sorgligt och vackert fyrverkeri av känslor, starkt personifierade av Emma Mackey (”Sex education”) som fullständigt äger duken i varje ögonblick.
...er man til britisk perioderomantik, bare lidt vildere og mere autentisk end de mange Jane Austen-adaptioner (...) er »Emily« et dybt tilfredsstillende alternativ.