Expecting
Tribeca Film | Release Date: December 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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4
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40
The DissolveKeith PhippsNov 25, 2013
McCormack admirably tries to squeeze a lot of real-world messiness into Expecting, but her film’s essential phoniness refuses to make room for it. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comDan CallahanDec 6, 2013
Expecting is a fairly laidback movie that isn't serious and isn't funny and isn't much of anything. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJan 1, 2014
The movie's early promise fades, however, as an Apatowian crassness descends upon the comic situations, churlishness gets mistaken for rawness, and sweetness starts to feel manipulative instead of natural. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe LeydonDec 9, 2013
Even when judged by the standards of broad farce, however, Expecting repeatedly strains credibility and defies logic in ways too glaring to ignore. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKimber MyersDec 5, 2013
All around, the performances are fine, but they can’t move past the script from first-time director Jessie McCormack. She’s created a group of people that you’d avoid at a party, and being stuck with them for an hour and a half makes you feel like you’re being punished for doing something really awful. Read full review
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