All We Had
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: December 9, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyDec 4, 2016
A film directed by Katie Holmes (and produced by Tribeca co-founder Jane Rosenthal) is a curiosity, and in this case a competent curiosity - no less competent than most of the independent films out there. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaDec 4, 2016
Katie Holmes's feature-length directorical debut is more earnest than remarkable, but with its heart in the right place. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 8, 2016
Despite its frustratingly wandering narrative, All We Had does manage to pull you in, thanks largely to its moving depiction of the mother-daughter bond at its center. Read full review
60
TheWrapTricia OlszewskiDec 8, 2016
Ultimately, though, All We Had is exactly the kind of movie of which people say, “Oh well, its heart is in the right place.” A clichéd comment on a clichéd film: what could be more apt? Read full review
60
The GuardianNigel M SmithDec 4, 2016
It’s Holmes brazen performance that remains the chief drawing point in seeking out All We Had. She burrows deep under the skin of Rita, a woman firmly aware of her many flaws and tragically unable to address them. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Nathalie AtkinsonDec 9, 2016
Even in a rote story, with prosaic direction from Holmes, the lead performances ring true. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyDec 9, 2016
The adaptation (by Josh Boone and Jill Killington) lacks any inference, mystery, or discovery: it is all text. Any complexity that there may be is all on the surface. Problems are easily solved, since there's nothing left unsaid, or if something is left unsaid that Ruthie says it for us in the voiceover. This makes for predictable viewing. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernDec 8, 2016
The directorial debut of actress Katie Holmes, starring herself as Rita, a drunk single mother living out of her car, is the latest well-intentioned yet lousy-with-clichés treatment in the hard-luck-woman subgenre. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 8, 2016
The best thing about All We Had is Ms. Holmes’s stormy portrayal of a desperate, foolishly trusting woman who rushes from man to man seeking security, only to find herself used and betrayed while her daughter looks on with increasing dismay. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDec 8, 2016
Holmes’ helming is unremarkable — unlike her and Owens’ acting, which is excellent. Read full review
50
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniDec 7, 2016
The film’s haphazard episodic structure never coheres. Read full review
50
VarietyJay WeissbergDec 4, 2016
Katie Holmes makes an undistinguished helming debut with All We Had, a middlebrow drama with no pretensions but also no depth. Read full review
25
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpDec 8, 2016
The ultimate effect of the film’s hackneyed material is as debilitating as it is frustrating. Read full review
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