Reviews for Emilia Pérez, the latest Selena Gomez movie, are significantly divided following the film’s premiere on Netflix.
The release from filmmaker Jacques Audiard is set around Mexico City, and centers around topics such as family, ambition, possibility of change, cartels, human disappearances, gender-affirmation, money and corruption.
Multiple users took to Twitter/X with comments on the musical/melodrama/crime-thriller, some gushing over the film’s concepts and performances.
One user called it the ‘movie of the year’ while another called it ‘a true spectacle in every sense’ for the better.
‘Emilia Pérez is a symphony of emotions, a wildly-original and poignant musical that explores complex and provocative ideas through powerful storytelling,’ the user said.
Another user said that Audiard ‘handled beautifully’ the movie’s ‘themes of idenтιтy and transformation,’ describing it as ‘a unique blend of comedy, crime, and musical elements that worked together in the most unexpected ways.’
Reviews for Emilia Pérez, the latest Selena Gomez movie, are significantly divided following the film’s premiere on Netflix. Gomez pictured in LA at screening of the movie October 29
Gomez plays the role of Jessi in the new motion picture
One user said that the movie would buck social media trends and land with critics this award season.
‘Film Twitter is gonna’ do everything in their power to villify EMILIA PEREZ and keep it from the Best Picture conversation, but it’ll be all for naught,’ said the user. ‘Every year, we get at least 1 contender who has enough pᴀssion and industry love to overcome backlash. We found this year’s.’
To the contrary, some people were critical of the film and Gomez’s performance, specifically.
‘After seeing Emilia Perez, Selena was easily the worst part,’ one user said, while another declared that ‘words cannot describe how utterly awful Emilia Perez.’
Said another user, ‘All these videos I’m seeing from Emilia Perez… this can’t be the same movie critics have been raving about?’
One said, ‘Every clip of Emilia Perez on the timeline is worse than the previous one there’s no way this movie is critically acclaimed.’
One user said that fandoms not supportive of Gomez – those of her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber and fellow superstar Ariana Grande – were a driving force behind chunks of negative reviews toward the singer-actress and her latest project.
‘The Emilia Perez metacritic audience score went from a 8.5 to a 6.0 in one day and I wonder which fanbase is behind these negative reviews,’ one user.
