All Relative
FilmBuff | Release Date: November 21, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
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2
Negative:
6
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50
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenNov 20, 2014
Although the resulting tonal shifts between funny and serious aren't always executed as seamlessly as they might be, Khoury deserves props for defying rom-com conventions more often than he succumbs to them. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweNov 22, 2014
Writer-director J.C. Khoury’s second feature is a romantic dramedy featuring a conventionally appealing cast that’s squandered on a dissatisfingly derivative premise. Read full review
30
VarietyGeoff BerkshireNov 25, 2014
Even a brisk running time, barely topping 80 minutes, is too long to ask audiences to stay in the company of these characters and their terrible self-inflicted predicaments. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerNov 20, 2014
All Relative, a tepid romantic comedy written and directed by J. C. Khoury, thinks it’s being surprising, but really it’s merely weaving several male sex fantasies together and making nothing insightful out of the resulting story. Read full review
30
The DissolveKate ErblandNov 20, 2014
While a defter touch could have made the marriage between fizzy romance and domestic drama work, All Relative fails to engage because the emotional connection between all parties—Harry and Grace, Harry and Maren, Grace and Maren—is weak to nonexistent. Read full review
30
Village VoiceKate CongerNov 18, 2014
All Relative requires a strenuous suspension of disbelief. As Harry struggles through this surreality toward love, his mother-daughter love triangle yields few laughs and instead delivers disappointing moments. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNov 19, 2014
Does Hollywood have so little to offer women that well-regarded actresses feel obliged to accept demeaning indies like this flatly unfunny, morally vacant comedy? Read full review
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New York PostKyle SmithNov 19, 2014
Imagine “The Graduate” as rewritten by a golden retriever, and you’ll have some inkling of the intelligence level in the rom-com All Relative. Read full review
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