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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatLorry KiktaFilm ThreatLorry KiktaI Carry You With Me is an emotional powerhouse that had me and the other moviegoers crying our collective eyes out.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyDavid CanfieldEntertainment WeeklyDavid CanfieldIn Ewing’s hands and as anchored by two superb performances, Iván and Gerardo’s romance gets scaled up to an epic, a searing saga of the undocumented experience in which love is the binding force.
- 91The Film StageJoshua EnciniasThe Film StageJoshua EnciniasWhat’s tender in the film is tinged with sadness. Documentary footage of Iván and Gerardo is in harmony with absorbing performances by Armando Espitia and Christian Vasquez. And these disparate pieces under different leadership wouldn’t come together as masterfully if not for Heidi Ewing’s exceptional vision.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThis is an intimate epic, imbued with a warmth and a tenderness that radiate from both behind and in front of the camera.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisTurning time and memory into an elliptical portrait of what it means when borders become barriers, I Carry You With Me, the first narrative feature from the documentary filmmaker Heidi Ewing, trades distance for empathy.
- 80Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearIt is a gorgeous film, and one that deserves to be seen on a giant screen as much as that other only-in-theaters release this weekend, F9. And even when I Carry You With Me becomes so lost in its aesthetic that you worry it’s losing focus, this impressionistic approach doesn’t take away from what is an intimate, extremely personal story of two men fighting to build a life with each other.
- 75The Associated PressLindsey BahrThe Associated PressLindsey BahrI Carry You with Me couldn’t be any more specific about the trials of an undocumented gay couple trying to carve out a place for themselves, but it’s that specificity that makes its themes and emotions all the more universal.
- 67The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodEwing makes a creative decision in the final act of the picture which simply sucks all the air out of the room.
- 38Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneHeidi Ewing’s tale of immigration and deportation afflicting the lives of a Mexican gay couple flashes its reason for being at every turn.