Chemical Hearts
Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): August 21, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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75
The PlaylistAsher LubertoSep 13, 2020
It isn’t pretty — it’s by turns confusing, exhilarating, depressing and deflating. But then again, so is high school. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 21, 2020
Although it would be fair to say there are “feel good” moments in the movie, the film as a whole seeks to dig a little deeper. It’s not as effective as the effervescently witty "500 Days of Summer," but there are times when it strives for a similar sensibility. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 21, 2020
A deeply felt teenage melodrama. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAug 20, 2020
What makes Chemical Hearts so good is it’s unafraid of its feelings. It tackles complicated emotional issues such as depression, suicide, sex and love with a straightforward honesty. For once, a film about young people is completely free of snark and irony. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesAug 20, 2020
Writer and director Richard Tanne (Southside With You, about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date) takes what sounds like a terrible idea and transforms it into a sleek, well-played romance that largely makes the cliches believable. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 20, 2020
Assuaging teenage growing pains like a shot of novocaine administered by a shaky hand, this tender and subdued look around the limbo between adolescence and adulthood might start with a sullen kid trying to save his crush from her darkest secrets, but it never gets swept up in the idea that he actually can. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorAug 20, 2020
It’s a film that considers young heartbreak so earnestly, it risks taking itself too seriously, too. Read full review
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