| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a broader work than Baumbach's last movie..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...(director Noah Baumbach) puts an intelligent but alarming family under the microscope and finds creepy-squirmy things crawling around." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"If the movie has one main idea, it¿s that life¿s tough and everyone sucks at it. Bring the family!" more... |
C |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"...one long uncomfortable squirm." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...pleasurably painful..." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...it's hard to see it as anything but a minor piece of work..." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"Nicole Kidman makes an indelible impression..." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...hugely pretentious, ugly and annoying..." more... |
D |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...often mercilessly, squirm-inducingly funny." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...pretentious and talky..." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Leigh and Kidman ignite in wounding scenes that still take measure of love that hasn't slipped between the cracks." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"This is Baumbach's best yet." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...Baumbach creates a vivid and nuanced sense of this family's dynamics." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The acting is excellent, but the story never takes off." more... |
C |
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