How About You ...
Strand Releasing | Release Date: November 14, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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75
NPRBob Mondello
A bit abrupt about its mood-changing revelations and a bit sketchy about its put-out-to-pasture characters. But it's a warmly engaging romp nonetheless. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
A remarkable cast for a small, non-mainstream effort. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
In the course of How About You, much champagne is consumed, pot is smoked, and a good time is had by all, the audience included. Redgrave even sings the title song. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It's all terribly sentimental without being truly terrible. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
As the reigning inhabitant, Redgrave adopts the swanning gestures of Maggie Smith in this mild adaptation of a Maeve Binchy story. Read full review
50
Village VoiceElla Taylor
The only crowds this stodgy little movie is likely to please tend to be home on a Saturday night, watching PBS. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
How About You is not without its moments of insight, but its emotional arc is a straight line from A to B, a path made all the more obvious by the heart-tugging score. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Appeal[s] to the delicate palates of an audience that craves the movie equivalent of tea and biscuits: stiff upper lips conceal hearts of gold, and all psychological conflicts are resolved with tearful confessions of vulnerability. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Nothing in How About You is the least bit surprising; the film hits its marks with dreary precision. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis Harvey
Comedic and sentimental beats are as predictable as the storytelling is sloppy. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Anthony Byrne's lazy drama is insulting to just about everyone, including Maeve Binchy, who wrote the short story on which it was based. But nobody fares well, especially cast members Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Fricker and Imelda Staunton. Read full review
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