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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    You don't have to know anything about Joy Division to grasp the mysterious sorrow at its heart. Read full review

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    It's Corbijn, shooting with a poet's eye in a harshly stunning black-and-white, who cuts to the soul of Ian's life and music. You don't watch this movie, you live it. Read full review

  • 88
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    Control doesn't claim to know the reasons Curtis killed himself. The act of suicide poses the question why, but rarely answers it, leaving the living to wonder, and to grieve. And there's certainly grief to be had in Control, but also joy. Really. Read full review

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    One of the most perceptive of rock music biopics. Read full review

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Control goes past the clichs of punk rock-god gloom to offer a snapshot of alienation that's shockingly humane. Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Corbijn makes us achingly aware of the singer's talent, the haunting poetry of his songs and how, living in the gloomy culture he did, his passing was virtually inevitable. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Gene Seymour

    Control keeps you riveted in ways that "24 Hour Party People" doesn't, primarily because of the investment of craft and conviction by all concerned. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    Morton's as good an actress as any working today and in Control, she overcomes an age gap to give one of the year's most heartbreaking and honest performances. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The result is both a surprisingly lucid portrayal of clinical depression and dramatically a bit stiff. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    There's little illumination. Read full review

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Dave White

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