Broken Diamonds
FilmRise | Release Date: July 23, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJul 23, 2021
In tactfully tackling some of the often-sensationalized issues surrounding schizophrenia, Sattler and screenwriter Steve Waverly craft a topical and emotionally accessible film that should easily connect with sympathetic viewers, particularly those familiar with the debilitating effects of chronic mental health issues. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comCarlos AguilarJul 23, 2021
The tone rarely hits its target for dark levity, often making one wonder, “Was that meant to be funny?” Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyJul 21, 2021
None of this is helped by Platt’s performance, with a petulant eye-roll to every impediment, as if he were the fussbudget Felix of The Odd Couple and Cindy his disaster-prone Oscar. Read full review
20
VarietyNick SchagerJul 26, 2021
It strikes not a single authentic chord, and that also goes for the lead performance of Ben Platt, whose overdone theater-kid turn further dooms the material’s stabs at humor and pathos. Read full review
10
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeJul 22, 2021
The movie treats illness as a series of contrivances, an engine that keeps the plot pistoning forward, and the result of this approach is a film that feels lifeless, or worse, reductive. Read full review
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