Littlerock
Variance Films | Release Date: August 12, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeySep 1, 2011
McLaughlin, who has a good eye for the minimal, manages to bring out the haunting beauty of empty places littered with the discards of forgotten lives. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisOct 6, 2011
They're not looking to say anything grand. What they do say - and what we see - is smart and true. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSep 8, 2011
Littlerock could easily be described as the flip side of "Lost in Translation": Instead of Americans struggling to communicate in Japan, it's the Japanese who are out of the loop when they get stranded in the outer, outer fringes of the Los Angeles area. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSep 7, 2011
Not often have I been more certain of the direction a movie is heading, or more wrong. Littlerock, a sensitive indie feature by Mike Ott, plays fair. I was misled only by my own cynicism. Read full review
75
NPRJeannette CatsoulisAug 12, 2011
Not until the film's surprisingly touching finale do we learn the source of that friction, in a delicately handled sequence that retroactively floods the story with satisfying context. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineBill WeberAug 8, 2011
Confronting the concept of alienness in a California desert town, this modest tapestry finds equivalent dignity in history-conscious travelers and natives weighed down by roots or inertia. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesSep 8, 2011
This is affecting and thematically pointed but much more pat than the situation that precedes it, in which two different realities must coexist uneasily on the same screen. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleAug 11, 2011
It's significantly smaller and more casual than "Mystery Train" or "Lost in Translation," movies its premise calls to mind, but in some ways it's more layered and complex. Read full review
70
Village VoiceKarina LongworthAug 9, 2011
Atsuko the character doesn't speak English; Atsuko the actress, speaking mostly un-subtitled Japanese when she speaks at all, gives a performance that's a marvel of nonverbal reaction. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearAug 10, 2011
The ugly Americanism gets piled on thick - racists, dickwads and ignoramuses, oh my! - but there's a melancholy to this indie's cross-cultural explorations and communication breakdowns that compensates for the broader swipes. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineSara SchieronAug 8, 2011
The message is nearly as slight as the presentation and just as hard to pin down, but even when tackling something as sharp edged and soft bellied as exclusion Littlerock is not without its pleasures. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickAug 12, 2011
Rambling, mildly engaging micro-budgeted indie. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 8, 2011
Well-crafted picture has a nice sense of place and rudderless youth, though in the end, simply too little happens for the story to have much resonance. Read full review
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