"A riveting chamber piece powered by an impeccable, tour-de-force lead performance."
— James Kleinmann, The Queer Review
"Mr. Hawke seems like the last actor you’d cast in this role, yet he delivers the performance of his career."
— Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
"Blue Moon is a tour de force from Ethan Hawke in Richard Linklater's heartbreaking and humorous chamber piece."
— Joey Magidson, Awards Radar
"Like a backstage pass for Broadway buffs, it’s one hell of a show for those in the know, and a sparkling introduction for the uninitiated."
— Peter Debruge, Variety
"Ethan Hawke delivers a once in a lifetime performance as lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s snappy, banter driven period piece."
— Andrew Parker, The Gate
"Linklater’s latest is a moving and multifaceted ode to a bygone era and an artist whose creativity and contradictions were equally titanic."
— Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
"Linklater has crafted one of his finest dramedies, a consistently fascinating exploration of the frailty of the artist, buoyed by one of Ethan Hawke’s most remarkable performances."
— Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
"Running a brisk 100 minutes, 'Blue Moon' is an unreservedly stagey affair – matching form with content to follow an unhappy man for whom all the world’s a stage right before his curtains fall."
— Ben Croll, TheWrap
"Linklater reminds us that he's still able to make two people simply sitting around and talking fascinating. After all these years, the pair of Hawke and Linklater remains a winning combination."
— Ross Bonaime, Collider
"Ethan Hawke is charming and 'overwhelming' in equal measure, a force of audacious, vibrating energy that thrums like a choir line vibrato. A witty, salacious biopic... Richard Linklater could attract award buzz for Hawke's witty, theatrical performance."
— David Opie, IndieWire
