53
Metascore
16 reseñas · Proporcionado por Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertWell-acted, briskly paced and prettily photographed, the film is a mild-mannered family story with a caring heart, and that's ultimately enough to make its 104 minutes worthwhile.
- 80Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlThe most popular entry in last year's Seattle International Film Festival family series.
- 80Film.comFilm.comAccomplished, ambitious, and great-looking.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanAs warm and reassuring as grandma's hugs.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerWoven from such promising threads that you wish it was better.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAvoids succumbing to the preachiness that is the bane of so many family films, and for a movie like this, that's no small feat.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsYou have no idea how determined director Rich Cowan is to suck the last drop of sap out of this tree.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoEarnest and kid-friendly -- also simplistic and dramatically creaky.
- 40Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorClunky and obvious.
- 33Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyA contrived and sentimental melodrama, the film takes a promising premise and crushes it with mind-numbing repetition, sophomoric conveniences, plastic acting and the worst score, perhaps, ever heard.