Lullaby
ARC Entertainment (II) | Release Date: June 13, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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75
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicJun 13, 2014
While the performances are the key to the success of Lullaby, it is Levitas’ heartfelt and personal story (his inspiration for writing it came from his own family experience) that provides the necessary tools for these actors to work with. Read full review
63
ObserverRex ReedJun 12, 2014
Despite the work of a first-rate cast, it doesn’t feel real to me. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJun 10, 2014
This terminal illness tale rises above the form, mainly thanks to a stellar cast and a refusal to drift into maudlin, a film that saves its big emotions for a wrenching finale that it earns. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJun 11, 2014
Writer/director Andrew Levitas needlessly pads this captivating theme with over-used tropes. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineNick PriggeJun 11, 2014
Garrett Hedlund's performance throbs with an anguish that's far more honest than the sentimental euthanasia subplot at the center of the film. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJun 12, 2014
A raft of fine actors – including Amy Adams, Richard Jenkins, and Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay – are wasted in a sour, callow family drama that mistakes constant yelling for emotional tension and fortune-cookie aphorisms for wisdom. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJun 12, 2014
Everything unfolds at a glacial place, with so many emotional beats overplayed that the experience is more wearing than moving. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsGraham FullerJun 12, 2014
Sadly, Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard are wasted in tiny parts, as is Amy Adams as the lost love of the sulky rocker. Read full review
40
VarietyBen KenigsbergJun 9, 2014
Much of the early action, with Jonathan telling off his father, feels awkwardly staged, even tortured, a quality exacerbated by Levitas’ weakness with dialogue. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJun 9, 2014
This feature debut deals mainly in clichés, never transforming the tough question at its center into compelling cinema. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJun 13, 2014
It’s the circle of life. Someone should write a song about it. And wouldn’t you know? Jonathan does just that in one of the many endings Lullaby has to offer. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJun 12, 2014
Lullaby is a small movie, but it slows down enough to accommodate plenty of self-indulgence. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 12, 2014
Lullaby, the directorial debut of Andrew Levitas, a jack of all artistic trades, is the kind of manipulative, cliché-infested hokum that alienates moviegoers by its insistence on hogging all the tears. Read full review
10
Village VoiceNick SchagerJun 10, 2014
Rarely has the terminal seemed as interminable as it does in Lullaby. Read full review
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