
Overview
Genre :
Drama, ComedyRelease Date :
March 16, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Robbie PickeringStarring :
Rachael Harris, Jon Gries, Matt O'Leary, John Diehl, Billy Blair, Vanessa Vander Pluym, Berna Roberts, Michael Hyland, Melinda DeKay, Hallie Martin, Stephanie King, Greg Grosh
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
Readers Be the 1st!
“..what makes that statement so impressive is that Natural Selection aspired to so very much..”
by Logan Hill [Vulture]
Review rate : B+
“..ucceeds as a crowd-pleasing, tear-jerking romp, a significant point given that it's also a directorial debut..”
“..ucceeds as a crowd-pleasing, tear-jerking romp, a significant point given that it's also a directorial debut..”
by Eric Kohn [indieWire]
“..trades some emotional engagement for laughs without rendering its heroine's crisis uninvolving..”
by John DeFore [Hollywood Reporter]

“..this is not as funny as it may sound. But then "Natural Selection" is not quite a comedy..”
by Stephen Holden [New York Times]

“..the rest of the film leaves little to the imagination..”
by Michael Nordine [Slant Magazine]
“..resembles one of about a hundred movies that might turn up in the middle of the night on Sundance Channel or IFC..”
by Alonso Duralde [The Wrap]
“..pic boasts production values that indicate the savvy expenditure of limited resources..”
by Joe Leydon [Variety]

“..often extremely funny union that doesn't shy away from awkwardness or tragedy..”
by Catherine Shoard [Guardian [UK]]
“..mixes elements of Transamerica and the recent Higher Ground..”
by Michelle Orange [Village Voice]
Review rate : B
“..it'd be easy to thread this story through with condescension, but instead, it’s modest and compassionate..”
“..it'd be easy to thread this story through with condescension, but instead, it’s modest and compassionate..”
by Alison Willmore [AV Club]

“..credit Pickering's deft script for avoiding the usual cliche speed bumps, though sex and lies are on the menu..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

“..couldn't be more clumsily obvious in its narrative setup or more flavorless in its lo-fi Americana tone..”
by David Fear [Time Out New York]
“..closes with a twist as surprising as the finale of the Usual Suspects..”
by Chris French [Paste Magazine]





