Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
December 23, 2011MPAA Rating :
PGDirector :
Cameron CroweStarring :
Matt Damon, Thomas Haden Church, Scarlett Johansson, Elle Fanning, Patrick Fugit, Angus MacFadyen, John Michael Higgins, Colin Ford
REVIEWS RATE:
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“..unsuccessful mix of heavy emotions and whimsical lightness that strives to be both a film about family and a family film..”
by Mark Olsen [Boxoffice Magazine]
“..unevenly paced, its poignancy and joyfulness exercise a stealth impact..”
by David Rooney [Hollywood Reporter]
“..there are a couple of moments where the sentiment turns into sap and could have been trimmed..”
by Scott Nash [Three Movie Buffs]
Review rate : C
“..the ups and downs of survival while hanging on by their fingernails are too linear for spontaneity and the happy ending is nothing short of contrived..”
“..the ups and downs of survival while hanging on by their fingernails are too linear for spontaneity and the happy ending is nothing short of contrived..”
by Rex Reed [New York Observer]
“..the unfocused movie finds whimsical solutions to the incredible challenges the Mee family faces..”
by Radheyan Simonpillai [NOW Toronto]
Review rate : C+
“..the movie's emotional moments don't register very strongly..”
“..the movie's emotional moments don't register very strongly..”
by Eric D. Snider [Film.com]
Review rate : B
“..the movie wins in its ability create a glow of giddy movie pleasure that audiences crave..”
“..the movie wins in its ability create a glow of giddy movie pleasure that audiences crave..”
by Cole Smithey [ColeSmithey.com]
Review rate : B
“..the movie is like Doctor Dolittle remade as a therapeutic sudser..”
“..the movie is like Doctor Dolittle remade as a therapeutic sudser..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..shallow, empty and running on exhausted cliches..”
by Devin Faraci [Badass Digest]
“..schmaltzy to the point of being unwatchable..”
by Edward Douglas [ComingSoon.net]
“..rarely has letting go been so beautifully rendered on screen..”
by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat [Spirituality and Practice]
“..other performances don't rise above the hodgepodge of clashing themesof two who decides his family needs a fresh start and uses all his savings to buy and fix a house with a ramshackle zoo..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..on the surface, it all sounds so terribly mawkish..”
by Robert Wilonsky [Village Voice]
Review rate : B+
“..lovely, delicate, and absolutely worth seeing with your family this holiday season..”
“..lovely, delicate, and absolutely worth seeing with your family this holiday season..”
by Drew McWeeny [HitFix]
“..cliches and contrivances and corniness..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
“..as well as comedy of any variety..”
by Rob Nelson [Variety]
Review rate : C+
“..and then there's the animal stuff, which is by turns amusing, alarming and almost always the stuff of parable, but isn't terribly oversold..”
“..and then there's the animal stuff, which is by turns amusing, alarming and almost always the stuff of parable, but isn't terribly oversold..”
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]
