A Love Song for Bobby Long
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: December 29, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
15
Negative:
6
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38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Macht is the best thing in A Love Song for Bobby Long, but his intelligent performance doesn't justify a tough, and very long, sit. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Works hard to give quirk a bad name. Read full review
30
Village VoiceEd Park
At least Macht emerges relatively unscathed from the mess, content to brood and mutter self-loathing observations while Johansson and (most painfully) Travolta spoon their Southern accents out of a jar and spread it all over the humid scenery. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Maybe they should have called A Love Song for Bobby Long something more appropriately descriptive, such as "When Actors Imitating Southern Characters Go Bad." Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Traffics in nearly every trite cliche of the "colorful" South one can think of, from its pseudo-Gothic aesthetic to its overripe dialogue. Read full review
10
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
No movie that opens with the line "Time was never a friend to Bobby Long" could possibly be any good, and sure enough, A Love Song For Bobby Long lives down to its squibbed kickoff. Read full review
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