Review 1:
"Streep's turn...is a tour-de-force. It's a performance only she could have given -- luminous and phenomenally moving."
Source: Total Film
p.7 03/01/2004
Review 2:
"...Handsome....[The] camerawork is luminous..."
Source: Variety
12/08/1982
Review 3:
"...Streep accomplishes the near-impossible, presenting Sophie in believably human terms without losing the scale of [Styron's] invention....By turns exhilarating and heartbreaking..."
Source: New York Times
p.C12 12/10/1982