Bringing Up Bobby
Monterey Media | Release Date: September 28, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ObserverRex ReedSep 25, 2012
Sensitively acted, carefully written and directed with heartfelt compassion, Bringing Up Bobby is an engrossing little independent film made on an austere budget in 22 days. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreSep 26, 2012
Bringing Up Bobby centers around a mugging performance by Jovovich, who can't ground the film's attempts to tie together sentiments from "Paper Moon" and "Miss Saigon." Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 27, 2012
Janssen's affectionate, almost-1970s-style view of innocents-at-large may not be polished, but earns points for being from the heart. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 27, 2012
Despite Ms. Janssen's fine taste in music - it's lovely to hear Jorma Kaukonen's "Genesis" on the soundtrack - her film's downfall was ensured by a leading lady who will always be more credible chasing zombies than the American dream. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 27, 2012
Unfortunately, the alternately melodramatic and comic Bringing Up Bobby fails to impress, despite a showy turn by Milla Jovovich in a sharp departure from her usual zombie butt-kicking in the Resident Evil series. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis HarveySep 30, 2012
A technically competent but painfully broad dramedy about a larcenous mother-and-son duo in the Midwest. This gender-flipped, latter-day "Paper Moon" lacks that film's judicious restraint, among other things, alternating hick Americana cartoonishness with maudlin appeals to the tear ducts. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMarsha McCreadieSep 25, 2012
The movie permanently downshifts to moralizing melodrama and retrograde Stella Dallas–like maternal sacrifice when Bobby has an accidental run-in with real estate magnate Kent (Bill Pullman). Read full review
25
Slant MagazineNick SchagerSep 23, 2012
Just an extended dramatization of the 1980s anti-drug PSA that memorably cautioned "I learned it by watching you!" Read full review
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