“Raw, searing ... a daughter’s shattering testament to her mother’s absence, presence and endurance ... passages of cathartic beauty, grace and even humor.”

“The work of an artist, one who is making her own rules about how to tell this story, far from documentary dogmas ... A Want in Her is reminiscent, at times, of the work of Jonathan Glazer. But it’s too original and accomplished for such parallels to stick.”