Growing Up and Other Lies
E1 Entertainment Distribution | Release Date: March 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 20, 2015
Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Grodsky have an extraordinary ear for the rhythms and nuances of everyday speech, as voices overlap, conversations take random directions, and casual remarks carry loaded subtexts. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweMar 20, 2015
Intermittently amusing but rarely as funny as it wants to be. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMar 19, 2015
Part of what made Edgar Wright’s "The World’s End" so refreshing was the way that it feinted at being a certain tired sort of movie before suddenly making a wild leap in another direction. Growing Up And Other Lies, is exactly the mediocre movie that The World’s End was pretending to be. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsEddie GoldbergerMar 26, 2015
Only Adam Brody is compelling here. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniMar 19, 2015
The seriocomic Growing Up and Other Lies, written and directed by Jacobs and Darren Grodsky (Humboldt County), offers strained male bonding from a quartet sorely out of tune. Read full review
30
The DissolveKate ErblandMar 18, 2015
Although the film is supposedly about movement, Growing Up And Other Lies frequently stalls out, and whole patches of it grind on without momentum or purpose. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithMar 18, 2015
Struggling for the same vibe as male-bonding comedies like “Diner,” Growing Up & Other Lies instead feels like a really long beer commercial, except beer commercials usually contain at least one witty idea. Read full review
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