| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"An Unfinished Life is about family and forgiveness. Not exactly new themes, but they're delivered by two of our best actors, men who've earned our affection and respect for years." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"An Unfinished Life has the ingredients for a revenge western, yet none of the teeth." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...modest and heartfelt..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...it's a little unsettling to find Morgan Freeman portraying another angel on the shoulder of his white co-star..." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"...all of the performances are pitch-perfect, the scenery is breathtaking, and the values espoused are honest and good." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"An Unfinished Life is inert, kaput..." more... |
D+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...Life feels compelled to button up every issue, and Hallström¿s happy endings are contrived." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"The film never realizes its dramatic potential..." more... |
C |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...Days of Our Lives in coveralls." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...suffocates in its own predictability and watered-down psychobabble." more... |
D- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"An Unfinished Life is a study of emotions and characters; it's deliberate and unhurried." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"You want to scream to make the torture stop." more... |
D+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a perfectly OK drama..." more... |
B- |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...the story basically works, and the film's laid-back, low-key approach is most of its charm." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Poignant and well-acted, it offers heartfelt moments leavened by subtle humor." more... |
B |
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