to her. Diane closes her eyes. Cast Release The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2018. On August 2, 2018, IFC Films acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on March 29, 2019. Critical reception On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Diane has an approval rating of 93% based on 99 reviews. The site's consensus states, "A small-scale drama rich with meaning, Diane offers audiences an uncommonly empathetic and wise look at life -- and stellar work from Mary Kay Place in the title role." Widespread praise was given to Place's performance. Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "What looks at first like a solid, well-carpentered exercise in downbeat indie realism ends up, by dint of its unexpected tonal and temporal leaps and sudden formal ruptures, in less easily definable territory." Ella Taylor of NPR said, "[Kent] Jones fills [Diane's] existential space with a bracing, though never unfeeling, inquiry into what it feels like to confront the steady drip of accumulating pain, and loss, and no longer being needed as we age." Awards and nominations References External links Diane at AllMovie Diane at IFC Films 2018 films 2018 drama films American drama films 2010s English-language films Films about drugs Films about dysfunctional families Films about evangelicalism Films about grieving Films about old age Films about parenting Films set in Massachusetts IFC Films films Films directed by Kent Jones 2010s American films 2018 independent films American independent films