Off the Hook
Sharpshooter Pictures | Release Date: July 6, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyLisa Nesselson
Building blocks of tale are not new, but there's an appealingly rough-hewn and convincing tone to the proceedings. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Amiably unvarnished... Much more successful than most other films that deal with daily life in the projects. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Unlike most inner-city stories that come out of Hollywood, this feels like the real thing. Read full review
40
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Poverty, capable of stunting lives, can also blight films. A case in point is the earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding Off the Hook. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Watstein handily directs and edits around his screenplay's sappier elements. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
The fact that this is somebody's real-life story up on there the screen doesn't necessarily guarantee it's an especially fresh story. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
Overlong and not well-acted. Read full review
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