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Line 98: [[File:Olivia Colman at Moet BIFA 2014 (cropped).jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright\|The performance of [[Olivia Colman]] received critical acclaim.]] The film has received mixed to ~~average~~decent reviews. On the review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 45%, based on 233 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "''Empire of Light'' contains some fine performances and a few flashes of brilliance, but this tribute to the magic of cinema is disappointingly mundane."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/empire_of_light \|title=Empire of Light \|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] \|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[Weighted arithmetic mean\|weighted average score]] of 54 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/empire-of-light \|title=Empire of Light Reviews \|publisher=[[Metacritic]] \|access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref> A more favourable review in ''[[The Guardian]]'' said the film was a "poignant, wonderfully acted drama".<ref name="Guardian"/> [[Matt Zoller Seitz]] of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'', rating the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, wrote that it "starts out a bit dim and unfocused and becomes sharper and more illuminating as it unreels." He also praised [[Roger Deakins]]' cinematography and [[Olivia Colman]]'s performance, but was more critical of the character of Stephen: "[H]e remains an abstraction for too long, to the point where it looks like the film is setting him up as more of a plot device (or sacrificial lamb) than a man. The movie trembles with intimations of impending doom for Stephen, and the dialogue mentions then-recent racial incidents. But [Sam] Mendes presents his anger, fear and distress with the same dissociated stare that freezes Hillary in her tracks when she sees skinheads tormenting Stephen on a sidewalk."<ref>{{cite web \|last=Seitz \|first=Matt Zoller \|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz \|title=Empire of Light movie review & film summary (2022) \|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/empire-of-light-movie-review-2022 \|access-date=23 January 2023 \|work=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>

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