"RONAN IS A FORCE OF NATURE."
- NPR
"MAGICAL AND APOCALYPTIC... RONAN IS RIVETING."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
"GRAB-YOU-BY-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NECK BITE-YOUR-LIP MOMENTS."
- ROGEREBERT.COM
"INTELLIGENT ENERGY AND STANDOUT LEAD PERFORMANCES"
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"How I Live Now stands as something all too rare: a movie about young people that young people may love — but not one that lies to them, and not one built for them alone."
- Village Voice
"A forceful performance from Saoirse Ronan."
- Variety
"A thrilling genre entry."
- The Playlist
"A genuinely engaging film."
- Twitch Film
"Striking"
- Twitch Film
"Its relish for love in the face of adversity ultimately sets it apart and makes it something of a tender charmer of a film."
- Screen Daily
"An engagingly feisty and gritty performance by Saoirse Ronan"
- Screen Daily
"Kevin Macdonald directs with grace and ease."
- Screen Daily
"Saoirse Ronan is excellent."
- SciFiNow
"A sterling adaptation of a great modern novel."
- Click Online
"Ranks as one of the most powerful British films of recent times."
- Den of Geek
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- The Independent
"Triumphant"
- Impact Magazine
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- Impact Magazine
"Saoirse Ronan is captivating throughout."
- New York Observer
"A damn lovely pic"
- CHUD
"If you like dystopian action with a romantic twist, then this is the film for you."
- Young Adult Magazine
"Has a magical appeal to it."
- Young Adult Magazine
"The power she (Saoirse Ronan) gives to this piece is full of an energy we don’t see very often."
- Young Adult Magazine
"Stirring"
- Indiewire
"It’s breathtaking how many tones and themes are skillfully juggled in "How I Live Now.""
- VITAMN
"It’s much like the first teenage love it portrays: by turns high-spirited, visceral, tragic and absurd, hitting with the impact of a meteorite."
- VITAMN
"Ronan, who has matured into a classic screen beauty, skillfully illuminates Daisy’s complicated character arc."
- VITAMN
"Full of chilling moments."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"The splendid Ronan skillfully handles Daisy’s arc."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Saoirse Ronan shines in dreamy and deeply felt 'How I Live Now'"
- Hitfix
"How I Live Now’s harrowing exploration of an emotionally isolated teenage girl’s struggle to find purpose and acceptance was perfectly captured by the well-cast Ronan"
- Examiner
"Emotionally and visually captivating"
- Examiner
"3½ out of 4 stars. MAGICAL AND APOCALYPTIC, directed with pulsing verve. Ronan is riveting."
- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"BREATHTAKING. It’s much like the first teenage love it portrays: by turns high-spirited, visceral, tragic and absurd, hitting with the impact of a meteorite. With its intelligent energy and standout lead performance, it takes its place alongside this season’s strong gallery of survival-against-all-odds movies."
- Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The movie is grab-you-by-the-back-of-the-neck immediate; the bite-your-lip moments of suspense and tension mount to the extent that you may well draw blood."
- Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
"RONAN IS A FORCE OF NATURE."
- Mark Jenkins, NPR
"Fascinating. The splendid Ronan skillfully handles Daisy’s arc, from self-involved and delicate to steely, and ferociously committed to this family she just met."
- Roger Moore, Dallas Morning News
"The actors and director Kevin Macdonald create moments that are charged with reckless passion."
- Chris Hewitt, St. Paul Pioneer Press
"It generates a haunting ambiance and develops a cumulative power."
- Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
"Ronan is never less than completely compelling"
- Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
"A SOPHISTICATED DELIGHT."
- Tasha Robinson, The Dissolve
"Owes more to Cormac McCarthy than to Stephenie Meyer."
- A.A. Dowd, The Onion AV Club
"GRIPPING"
- Marc Mohan, The Oregonian
"Ronan is quite good."
- Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
"It’s hard not to tear our eyes away from Ronan, who keeps proving over and over again that she is, easily, her generation’s finest actress."
- Vulture at New York Magazine
