A Good Person
United Artists Releasing | Release Date: March 24, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
15
Negative:
6
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38
The Seattle TimesChase HutchinsonMar 22, 2023
It is as if Pugh is having to push her way through narrative waters that threaten to wash away her performance. No matter how she continues to rise to the challenge, the film’s cascading of contrivances drown her out. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithMar 22, 2023
The more that Zach Braff’s script tries to thematically tie its disparate threads together, the more that A Good Person comes to resemble the very same type of neat and tidy self-contained version of reality that it ironically skewers in its prologue. Read full review
37
Washington PostPat PaduaMar 22, 2023
In this wildly uneven melodrama by writer-director Zach Braff, no member of the talented ensemble cast is entirely able to navigate its messy plot. That a few actors do manage to stay afloat for occasional breaths of air seems like a divine miracle. Read full review
30
Little White LiesCharles BramescoMar 23, 2023
Pugh’s greatest tribulation of all is delivering the tin-eared dialogue torn between the emotional sadism it heaps onto its protagonist and the adulation it lavishes on the actress playing her. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubMurtada ElfadlMar 22, 2023
Asking the question “what makes a good person” might have been an intriguing idea. However, in trying to come up with an answer, A Good Person ends up presenting an overwrought narrative that’s full of cliches that do not resonate. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 22, 2023
Braff puts us through a gruelling “relapse” montage as Allison hits the pills again after an illusory breakthrough and then a “recovery” montage as she gets it together. And the film’s single valuable lesson – the one about not looking at your phone while driving – is all but forgotten. Read full review
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