Off and Running
First Run Features | Release Date: January 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
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2
Negative:
0
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80
Village VoiceElla Taylor
A tactful but probing and richly satisfying study of an entire family thrown into self-doubt by a teenager venturing into risky territory as she struggles to find her way. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The director-producer, Nicole Opper, has known Avery's Brooklyn family for years, which no doubt accounts for the film's intimacy. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
A patient, slightly stiff, often intensely moving portrait of a girl who believes her choices are literally black and white. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
What at first looks like a heartwarming portrait of a highly blended modern family turns into a no less engrossing illustration of that situation's possible pitfalls in Off and Running. Read full review
60
Time OutKevin B. Lee
Initially succeeds at accounting for the formation of this unlikely family unit, but as the subject’s life starts to unravel, cut-rate cable TV techniques (trifling montages, an overactive string score) deaden the full impact of her crisis. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
The role played by her camera in exacerbating Avery’s natural, adolescent self-absorption continues to nag; in the end, I was less concerned for the wildly indulged Avery -- whose own narration reveals a charismatic and extremely fortunate young woman -- than for the hearts breaking around her. Read full review
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