Mission to Lars
| Release Date: September 25, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 24, 2015
Documentaries about disabilities don’t come any smarter or more touching than Mission to Lars, a beautiful sibling road trip tale with a heavy-metal flourish. Read full review
80
EmpireEve BarlowSep 22, 2015
This is not about where the Spicers end up, but how they get there, and you endure every stressful, exhausting and spectacularly tender moment of that voyage with them. Read full review
80
Total FilmKevin HarleySep 22, 2015
It’s also enlightening, the Spicers and us learning things about Tom that inform, move, humanise and suck us into his story. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonSep 22, 2015
It will not teach you very much about either autism or Metallica, but you will leave the theater smiling. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerOct 2, 2015
We’re not sure what sister and brother ultimately learned about their much different sibling, and one is left with the feeling the trip was more in service of the film’s narrative than a dream-fulfilling jaunt for Tom. Read full review
60
The GuardianCatherine ShoardSep 22, 2015
The peripheral interviews with the extended Spicer family are as compelling as the central quest; this is a film with rare honesty and nuance in a field that frequently feels queasy. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonSharon O'ConnellSep 22, 2015
There’s more at play than a feelgood factor, as William and Kate are forced to examine their own reasons for making the trip. However well-intentioned, giving, they realise, is also taking. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 22, 2015
Admirable cause, amateurish film. Read full review
40
Village VoiceIan S. PortSep 22, 2015
But the biggest frustration is that the film's abrupt ending fails to show whether Kate and William really did rebuild their relationship with Tom on the Ulrich quest, and, either way, what that outcome means for the rest of us. Read full review
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