October Baby
Provident Films | Release Date: March 23, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 22, 2012
A film whose poignancy is hard to deny whatever side of the abortion debate you fall on. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 22, 2012
The filmmakers, longtime music video veterans, have delivered a technically polished production that belies the film's low budget. They've also elicited mostly strong performances. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe LeydonMar 22, 2012
Newcomer Rachel Hendrix grabs attention and sustains sympathy as a lovely yet troubled 19-year-old student determined to unlock the secrets of her past after learning the circumstances of her birth. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 22, 2012
There are few issues more bitterly divisive than abortion, with emotions and rhetoric running at fever pitch. October Baby is a faith-based movie that resides staunchly in the pro-life camp. Yet directors Andrew and Jon Erwin, who also contributed to the story, rarely let their film get didactic, instead going for a more low-key approach. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryMar 23, 2012
Extended scenes are dominated by heavy dialogue, while the lighter moments are relegated to montages of prancing across a beach, for example, which simply aren't that effective at buoying the drama. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMar 21, 2012
October Baby is being promoted as a Christian film, and it could have been an effective one. Rachel Hendrix is surprisingly capable in her first feature role, and Jasmine Guy is superb in her scene. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is amateurish and ungainly, can't find a consistent tone, is too long, is overladen with music that tries to paraphrase the story and is photographed with too many beauty shots that slow the progress. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 23, 2012
With a scattered, meandering script, a stable of throwaway characters and an almost laughably drawn-out ending, it's all amounts to standard movie-of-the-week fare dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichelle OrangeMar 20, 2012
A slick piece of pro-life propaganda, it has relatively luxe production values, painfully earnest performances, and a drippy "inspirational" score. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyApr 12, 2012
Its anti-abortion stance aside, October Baby looks and feels like a Lifetime movie waiting not to happen. Read full review
30
SalonAndrew O'HehirMar 24, 2012
That whole aspect of October Baby creeped me out a lot more than the blood-curdling failed-abortion story did, honestly. I've seen a lot of movies where crazy and impossible things happen, and you just have to roll with them. Real life is much more frightening. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 22, 2012
Not even a dewy heroine and a youth-friendly vibe can disguise the essential ugliness at its core: like the bloodied placards brandished by demonstrators outside women's health clinics, the film communicates in the language of guilt and fear. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithMar 23, 2012
May be well-intentioned, but it's as obvious and inert as a spoonful of mashed potatoes. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenApr 11, 2012
October Baby earns points for the originality of its protagonist but it has no chance of preaching to anyone but the choir. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreMar 21, 2012
This is no mere tale of redemption or reaffirming of faith; this is a film with an extreme agenda. Read full review
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