The film premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024.[2] In April 2024, Roadside Attractions acquired distribution rights to the film, planning to release it theatrically sometime in fall the same year.[3] The film began a limited theatrical run in the United States on October 18, 2024.[4]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 74 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "André Holland lays himself bare in a characteristically wonderful performance in this vivid portrait of a family coming to terms with the past."[5]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[6]
The Guardian critic Benjamin Lee described the film as an "emotionally wrenching drama set to resonate with those who have also had to confront the complicated equation of radical forgiveness".[7]Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote " “Exhibiting Forgiveness” sends you out on a note of hope, but it’s not exactly a feel-good movie. It’s a feel-the-reality movie, a drama willing to scald. That’s its quiet power".[8]
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