Late Bloomers
Olive Films | Release Date: April 13, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
NPRMark JenkinsApr 16, 2012
The protagonists of Late Bloomers have a problem, but it's not that they're getting older. Their dilemma is that they're reacting so differently to aging. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonApr 10, 2012
She (Rossellini) is radiant in a profoundly ordinary and believable way, as always, and stirs up generational pathos all by herself. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenApr 12, 2012
As more characters, including the couple's three children - enter the picture, Late Bloomers loses its narrative thread and becomes so choppy that you have the sense that it was butchered during the editing process. What remains is the skeleton of a story that leads to an abrupt, icky-cute ending. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanApr 12, 2012
Though Hurt and Rossellini make a warmly believable couple, they can't overcome the film's biggest drawback: Gavras' own awkward attitude toward aging. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 10, 2012
While the world could certainly use more films about characters entering their sunset years, a solution as toothless and saggy as Julie Gavras' Late Bloomers does little to help the cause. Read full review
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