A Week Away
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 26, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
3
Negative:
4
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50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 31, 2021
The kids do what kids do in such syrupy summer camp (PG) romances. There’s a little melodrama, tears, a crisis of faith. At least the adults take a shot at bringing the funny. Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandMar 26, 2021
Its low-key religious underpinnings — truly, no one even hauls out a Bible during the entire film — likely won’t rankle the secular set, even as Christian kids will be happy to see their worldview reflected by way of a mild crowd-pleaser. It’s hammy, it’s predictable, it’s a little silly, but what YA musical isn’t? Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 26, 2021
The cast generates the goodwill. Madison and Quinn bring heart and some shrewd dramatic instincts, while Cook and Sterling settle comfortably into a sincere comic key. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMar 26, 2021
This isn't an unwatchable movie, just an underachieving and forgettable one, and somehow that's more irritating than a disastrous swing for the fences would've been. Read full review
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The New York TimesAmy NicholsonMar 26, 2021
This is a film as tidy, transparent and kid-friendly as a square of Jell-O salad, and so squishily eager-to-please that it doesn’t engage with its religious themes so much as tuck them into song lyrics to hover in the narrative like grapes. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 26, 2021
If anything, the film’s cross-pollination with faith-based cinema is detrimental to its already minimal tension. Read full review
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The GuardianAdrian HortonMar 26, 2021
The low stakes of the camp drama and the soundtrack’s indistinguishably familiar pop (adaptations of contemporary Christian hits, plus four original songs) aim for easy, catchy, comfortable fun – a breezy intention which casts some of the script’s insensitive moments in even harsher light. Read full review
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