Band Aid
IFC Films | Release Date: June 2, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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20
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 15, 2017
It’s impressive how accurately Lister-Jones and Pally make these fights. What’s more impressive is how Lister-Jones, who also wrote and directed Band Aid, makes the make-ups and happy, loving moments just as believable. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJun 1, 2017
The film is a true dramedy that wrestles with the darker, sadder elements of life in a frank, funny and deeply relatable way. Read full review
77
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJun 2, 2017
Band Aid might sound gimmicky, but Lister-Jones keeps the emotions firmly rooted and the characters believably contextualized. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesBrent McKnightJun 28, 2017
Even with deep-seated problems that they may or may not be able to overcome, this is a couple worth rooting for. And — heartfelt, sarcastic and funny; tinged with love, loss and healing — Band Aid is, too. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 7, 2017
Band Aid is her (Zoe Lister-Jones) first film as a director — she also wrote and stars in it — and something about her and this film is really appealing. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJun 2, 2017
Lister-Jones is the very definition of a "phenom," and if the film sometimes falls back on cliché, there's enough charm and interest here — particularly in the chemistry between the two leads — to keep it afloat. Read full review
75
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerJun 1, 2017
There’s no linear path to being “okay,” or to overcoming grief, and Band Aid is ultimately as much about how people have to do these things on their own as it is about a couple doing it together. Read full review
75
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodMar 24, 2017
Considering how much screen time they share together, Lister-Jones and Pally need to have fantastic chemistry to keep the audience rooting for Anna and Ben and, luckily, they have more than enough. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJun 1, 2017
Both leads are excellent together, and the movie is good at showing how Anna and Ben push each other’s buttons. Read full review
70
Village VoiceApril WolfeMay 31, 2017
I like this couple. And their songs aren’t bad! Not so the gender-binary Mars-Venus mumbo jumbo that dominates the resolution. Still, these are quibbles with an otherwise charming and honest marriage story. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 24, 2017
Where Band Aid excels is in its mix of blisteringly understated comedy with a compassionate view of the ways we can let our lives drift away from us. There’s something bracingly fresh in the way Lister-Jones and Pally combine blind spots and vulnerabilities with a particularly secular-Jewish self-consciousness. Read full review
70
VarietyAndrew BarkerMar 24, 2017
Band Aid has wit and nasty charm to burn in the earlygoing, generating enough goodwill to power it through an uneven final act. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 1, 2017
You’ll believe you’re watching two people who love each other but no longer know how to live with each other. You may still wish Band Aid better distinguished their relationship. Read full review
67
The Film StageJordan RuimyMar 24, 2017
It helps that the chemistry between Lister-Jones and Pally works, but one does wonder if another pass at the script would have elevated the film for one to care more about what’s at stake. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 24, 2017
Band Aid is a thin but knowing portrait of how marriages stretch, sag, and pull back together. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonJun 15, 2017
As a performer, Lister-Jones acquits herself well on both the comedic and melodramatic fronts. And the scruffily charming Pally comes across as a hybrid of Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd. But Armisen’s weirdo shtick is way past its sell-by date. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 8, 2017
I wouldn’t call Band Aid profound, but it’s wiser and deeper than the average pop song, if not by much. Read full review
63
Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaJun 1, 2017
Band Aid never quite adds up to more than the sum of its fleeting charms. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 31, 2017
Yeah, it’s dark. It starts sarcastic, bends towards sardonic and ends up downright deep in its observations about couples, the stresses on a relationship and the importance of knowing how to “fight fair.” Read full review
63
Slant MagazineWes GreeneMay 29, 2017
At its most honest, the film wrestles with the reluctance or unwillingness of women to fulfill ostensibly requisite roles. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 7, 2017
A clever and heartfelt comedy-drama that remains aloft as long as it retains its sense of humor; when the going gets serious, the dialogue turns therapeutic and heavy. Still, it’s a decent debut and an ambitious attempt to juggle tones. Read full review
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