A Million Little Pieces
Momentum Pictures | Release Date: December 6, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Total FilmJames MottramAug 30, 2019
Powered by the magnetic Aaron Taylor-Johnson, it’s rough around the edges, but still intoxicating. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 5, 2019
As a stand-alone work of cinema fiction, A Million Little Pieces is an effective blunt instrument of a film — a rough-edged, unvarnished, painfully accurate portrayal of addiction and rehabilitation. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 2, 2019
The film’s sincere core is threatened a little by its flashier directorial effects. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloDec 3, 2019
The movie version plays exactly like every other rehab-facility melodrama ever made. Even the stuff that Frey invented seems overly familiar, borrowed from sources ranging from "28 Days" to (somewhat improbably — people in recovery aren’t necessarily allowed dental anesthetic, it turns out) "Marathon Man." Read full review
52
TheWrapMichael NordineDec 4, 2019
As a film, the biggest issue with A Million Little Pieces isn’t whether any of this happened; it’s that, even if it did, none of it stands out from the many similar movies that came before it. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreDec 6, 2019
The result is an underwhelming addiction story that feels not just familiar, but more focused on the bad-boy swagger of its main character than his actual recovery. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiDec 4, 2019
“Pieces” becomes just like every other addiction film, relying on colorful addict characters and torture-porn scenes to arrive at a hopeful end. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredLuke ParkerDec 5, 2019
While its well-founded intentions and creative intuitions are palpable, not even a tortuously acrobatic performance from Aaron Taylor-Johnson saves A Million Little Pieces from consistently sober storytelling. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 5, 2019
Another ruin-and-rehab tale, one that initially tantalizes then flatly disappoints. Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeAug 30, 2019
A Million Little Pieces is a weirdly unreflective exploration of the destructive force of addiction and, setting a new benchmark for blandness, drags on for what feels like a million not-so-little minutes. Read full review
40
EmpireAlex GodfreyAug 28, 2019
It’s well-intentioned and pretty, but not much else. Occasional stylistic flourish aside, it offers nothing we haven’t seen before, buckling under the weight of its own conservatism. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzDec 6, 2019
It's the kind of film where you start trying to guess which of the characters will turn out to be a figment of the narrator's imagination. The answer, of course, is all of them. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 25, 2019
A Million Little Pieces is little more than a million little melodrama rehab cliches. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshDec 5, 2019
Nothing on screen is as electrifying or surprising as it was on the page, as semi-fictionally enhanced as the writing was. Read full review
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