the film is let down by its confused and cliche-riddled screenplay, which struggles mightily to take a complex story and finesse it to fit story beats it was never meant to hit
Landesman's film makes that stridently clear. But as the basis for drama, his approach is marred by a lack of believable characterisations that keep Concussion from what it needs to be: urgent
a lack of pace and illuminating insight are what keep "Concussion" from lasting resonance, its flaws threatening to dull the issue for drama in a way that the NFL could only appreciate
by Nigel M Smith [The Guardian ]
