"An enthralling drama of Diana's moment of truth and transition."
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety
"Spencer will break your heart, but it will bring it warmth, too."
— Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm
"Larraín's approach to the material is rich and intoxicating and altogether magnificent."
— Xan Brooks, Guardian
"Pablo Larraín's film readily conjures a paranoia-suffused atmosphere of fear for what might happen at any moment."
— Mark Hanson, Slant Magazine
"Its focus rests on its heroine alone. But what a heroine - and what thrillingly gutsy, seductive, uninhibited filmmaking this is."
— Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Stewart's febrile, sensitive performance and Larraín's trademark lyricism give it an emotional kick that such predecessors lacked."
— Geoffrey Macnab, Independent (UK)
"Kristen Stewart gives a career-best performance while Pablo Larrain cements himself as a go-to director for unique and thoughtful biopics."
— Rafael Motamayor, IGN
"Desperately seeking stability while her marriage to Prince Charles crumbles, Diana is tragic and three-dimensional in the hands of Stewart."
— Mary Siroky, Consequence
"Spencer is an intimate speculative drama that stays as close as it can to everything we know about Diana. At the same time, the movie is infused with a poetic extravagance."
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety
"Spencer is an act of psychological horror, a kind of ghost story, and a survivalist picture carried by an uncannily immersive Kristen Stewart, in the best performance of her career."
— Robert Daniels, Polygon
"It’s a ghost story but also an underdog’s story, a fighter’s story, a mother’s story and, thanks to an Oscar-ready Stewart at the absolute top of her game, one of the very best movies you’ll see this year."
— Brian Truitt, USA Today
"Showing how the dream of being a rich and beautiful princess curdled into a nightmare might sound like a hard sell, but Spencer pulls it off in heightened, claustrophobic and truly decadent fashion."
— Sophie Monks, Kaufman Time Out