Labor Day
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 27, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
22
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJan 31, 2014
Actors of the caliber of Brolin and Winslet can do nothing but the best with what they're given, struggling to find nuance and humanity in romance-novel archetypes. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigJan 30, 2014
Labor Day feels like a belabored, sappy slog. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrJan 30, 2014
The movie’s a somber affair, but if you see it in the right frame of mind, it’s the guilty-pleasure hoot of the season. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJan 30, 2014
The movie’s principal saving grace is Ms. Winslet’s convincing portrayal of Adele, a despairing woman of low self-esteem just a twitch away from a nervous breakdown. In almost every other respect, this overbaked romantic hokum is preposterous. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJan 30, 2014
Labor Day, adapted from a novel by Joyce Maynard, is the kind of movie that turns clarity into stultification; everything is perfectly clear and almost everything — pie-making excepted — is perfectly lifeless. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJan 28, 2014
Labor Day is so self-conscious and phony, it must be the work of a pod person. Humans, film lovers, and fans of Reitman's till-now-flawless filmography: We've gotta fight back. Read full review
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