[10] Stephen Saito reviewing for Moveable Fest at Berlinale wrote, "True justice may be hard to come by in the world that’s depicted here, but in arriving at a strikingly fair conclusion, Sons does so by its characters trapped in an impossible situation.

He opined that for Borgen fans, "Sidse Babett Knudsen’s performance reveals a more unpredictable side of the star, who gives an at-times feral turn fueled by rage and regret."

"[12] Davide Abbatescianni reviewing the film at Berlinale for Cineuropa wrote, "Gustav Möller crafts an accomplished sophomore feature telling us some uncomfortable truths about the lives of prison guards and inmates.

"[13] David Ehrlich of IndieWire reviewing at Berlinale graded the film B and wrote, "Unresolved and deflatingly rhetorical as it might be, Möller’s thriller maintains its bruising hold over us because it refuses to see that as a failure of his country’s prison system, as opposed to its ultimate success.

"[15] Wendy Ide reviewing the film at Berlinale, wrote in ScreenDaily "A tough, taut character study of a woman driven, against all better judgement, to increasingly reckless and dangerous acts.