Fourteen
Grasshopper Film | Release Date (Streaming): May 15, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMay 14, 2020
The diverging paths and seething conflicts of two lifelong friends, now young Brooklyn professionals, are explored deeply and poignantly in this deceptively calm melodrama, written and directed by Dan Sallitt. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleJun 4, 2020
There’s nothing in Fourteen that moviegoers have not seen before, but the empathetic performances by both Medel and Kuhling make this a journey worth taking. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMay 16, 2020
But for the performances, and for just about everything Sallitt is up to, the film nonetheless feels full and true. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineCarson LundMay 11, 2020
Dan Sallitt recognizes that even the sturdiest of friendships are inevitably tested by time and the evolution of personal responsibility. Read full review
83
The Film StageRory O'ConnorFeb 14, 2019
A deep dive into the complexity and soft trauma of seeing those we idolized as kids through fresh eyes and what exactly to make of that new vantage. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 14, 2019
When lifetimes of latent drama come home to roost in the surprisingly eventful final scenes, Fourteen builds to an unsparingly lucid assessment of what two friends can take from — and carry for — each other. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineIsabella Bridie DeLeoJun 18, 2020
Sallitt’s work is a character portrait, or perhaps more aptly a portrait of a friendship, and while he focuses on Mara and Jo growing apart, its clean, cauterized treatment of the characters might isolate some viewers, since very little actually happens onscreen aside from talking. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 18, 2020
A wise, graceful but viciously felt study of middle-school best friends whose bond becomes a burden the further they recede into adulthood, it resorts neither to buddy-movie cliché nor melodramatic angst in portraying the ways we outgrow our friends, and they us. Read full review
80
CineVuePatrick GambleFeb 14, 2019
Rich with scenes of affection and reconciliation, the most charming thing about Fourteen is the degree to which Sallitt finds a balance between his own brand of independent filmmaking and the kind of French middle-class realism he’s clearly influenced by. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungFeb 14, 2019
Medel, seldom off-screen, turns in a marvelous, utterly engaging portrait of an intelligent, caring person slowly stretched to breaking point. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAsher LubertoMay 22, 2020
Fourteen generates important insights on time, mental illness, and relationships, proving, through a tableau of exquisitely staged moments, that friendships deepen over time no matter the circumstance. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 13, 2020
I hope casting agents and other industry types see Fourteen, because I want them to see Norma Kuhling (of the NBC series “Chicago Med”), who plays Jo. She takes this strong role, by writer-director Dan Sallitt, and hits it exactly right. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMay 13, 2020
Sallitt is grasping for something profound here – a portrait of friendship seen both up-close and from a distance. Fourteen may ultimately be just that – a grasp – but it is worth reaching out for all the same. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMay 11, 2020
Medel and Kuhling both give remarkably even-keeled performances, making their differences clear without a lot of voice-raising. Read full review
70
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeMay 14, 2020
What begins as a movie with two protagonists almost imperceptibly evolves into a movie with just one — a touching demonstration of how narratives that seem inevitably intertwined can unravel. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMay 15, 2020
Fourteen simply runs too bland to have that vital sense of curiosity that comes from watching a movie where people talk about seemingly superfluous memories and interactions. Read full review
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