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- 12:00 AM, Feb 05
the camera never lingers and the written word is all a character has to convey its reason for beingby Diego Costa [Slant Magazine ]
that place where unlucky movies are symbolically held until they're sprung upon the publicby Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
self-conscious framing and overly dramatic lighting prove further affectationsby Nick Schager [Village Voice ]
it's using bad storytelling, specifically by aiming for slice-of-life realismReview rate : D by Todd Gilchrist [The Playlist ]
is the movie perfect? Far from it
is admittedly mawkish overall, but it tends to operate in a low keyReview rate : C by William Goss [Film.com ]
has appealing actors you want to spend time with, and it's pretty in a soothing
gives the grimmer realities a sort of American Gothic portraiture style that quietly echoes the pathos of the piece
for reasons that might be called philosophical
covering familiar ground laid out in many disgruntled family sagas
comes off as increasingly unpleasant as the film goes onReview rate : C+ by Alison Willmore [AV Club ]
all in a failed effort to make a point about confronting pain in person, not in writing
actors are all capable, but they seem to drop in and out of the timeline as required
a dispiriting rehash of dysfunctional family cliches