Banana Split
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): March 27, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 27, 2020
The director, Benjamin Kasulke, is a veteran cinematographer who brings the L.A. settings a spangly glow, but he stages too many scenes with generic “punch.” I wish he’d played against the comedy instead of italicizing it, and that he’d come up with some pop-music epiphanies and ditched the film’s cloying synthesizer score. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweMar 26, 2020
Power and Marks clearly have a facility with dialogue, and even though many of their plot points may represent standard dramedy material, the two elevate scene after scene with imaginative insults and witty banter among the characters. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 26, 2020
Is Banana Split an empty indulgence or a comfortingly familiar confection? Probably both. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 25, 2020
The problem with Banana Split isn’t the surface phoniness or lazy comedy but the fact that the movie doesn’t offer any insight into its ostensible subjects—among them break-ups, female friendship, and teenage jealousy Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 4, 2020
There is no law that says a movie like this has to be funny exactly, and it needn’t be something in the style of Booksmart – but there is something rather solemn about it. Read full review
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