Loggerheads
Strand Releasing | Release Date: October 14, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
11
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Beautifully acted, structurally sophisticated heart-tugger. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
It's a gentle look at people who cut themselves off from others and realize consequences too late. If Southern Baptists believed in karma, this would be their touchstone. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Kirkman is shrewd enough to coax a wistful performance out of pretty boy Kip Pardue. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
This movie takes its sweet time wrapping together three related tales set in various regions of North Carolina -- to ultimately devastating effect. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Developments unfold according to the needs of the characters. The movie is not about springing surprises on us, but about showing these people in a process of discovery. The performances are not pitched toward melodrama; the actors all find the right notes and rhythms for scenes in which life goes on and everything need not be solved in three lines of dialogue. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Slow, unadorned, compassionate, and earnest, Loggerheads is a low-fi throwback to the independent films of the 1980s and '90s. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Undeniably precious, it may make some viewers fidgety, but others will find that the reflective melancholy that overcomes both director and cast (all superb) is a sweet contagion. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
If it isn't easy being any of the troubled people wandering through the film, Loggerheads makes it easy not only to believe in them, but to care about them as well. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
For a film in a naturalistic mode, Loggerheads gets a shade too elliptical at its finish but still leaves a deep impression as to how irrevocable life's choices can be. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
In the third story, set in Asheville, N.C., that excellent actress Hunt guides us steadily through what could be a minefield of sentimentality. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This has its sappy moments, but both women give wonderfully detailed performances, aided by Michael Learned as Hunt's mother and Chris Sarandon as the calm, cold minister. Read full review
60
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
If Loggerheads sometimes feels too forced, it features some unforgettable performances, especially by Hunt, an accomplished comedienne who makes an impressive debut as a dramatic lead here. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Full of compassion and good intentions, but Kirkman never spins the stories into compelling cinema. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
A drama that is more contemplative at times than dramatic yet one containing several powerful moments. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
A respectably crafted, earnest ensemble drama. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Hunt and, especially, Harper do excellent work rounding out sketchily-written roles. But Pardue, who offers little beyond movie-star looks, is either miscast or genuinely unable to grasp his character's intense longing and insecurity. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
A little less earnestness could have done this movie some good. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
Painfully sincere but tired. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
There's so much ache in this plaintive little film that it almost makes you believe that the entire world is composed of estranged parents and children searching in vain for one another. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
It's all in the telling, and Loggerheads practically aches with its own heal-the-world earnestness. Read full review
40
Film ThreatBob Westal
As impatient as I was with Loggerheads, I can't hate it. The sincerity of its performances is too real; its compassion for its characters is too strong. On the other hand, I haven't mentioned yet that the loggerhead is a species of turtle. Read full review
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