Old Fashioned
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: February 13, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
0
Negative:
6
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RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 13, 2015
Swartzwelder, going for “thoughtful,” instead achieves “glacial.” A romance wants to sweep viewers up, not bog them down. Still, Old Fashioned is both unusual and intelligent enough that, despite it not being entirely MY cup of tea, I’m hoping that it’ll succeed at doing at least a little more than addressing the converted. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 10, 2015
The writer-director, perhaps for reasons of economy (surely not vanity) cast himself as the romantic lead. And Rik Swartzwelder, competent behind the camera, is an utter stiff on screen. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFeb 11, 2015
Old Fashioned — a deathly dull small-town drama with the marketing smarts to bill itself as the conservative Evangelical answer to "Fifty Shades Of Grey" — is all about the importance of sexual chastity, which is another way of saying that it’s all about sex. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe LeydonFeb 17, 2015
The line between priggishness and creepiness is repeatedly smudged by multihyphenate Rik Swartzwelder in Old Fashioned, a faith-based drama that looks as lovely as an expensive greeting card, but moves as slowly as a somnolent turtle. Read full review
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The DissolveCharles BramescoFeb 10, 2015
Old Fashioned fails in more banal ways, too. It’s a flatly predictable sort of romance; numerous leaves are turned over, both figuratively and literally. The film’s predilection for screamingly obvious symbols gets old fast. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenFeb 12, 2015
As written, directed and played by Swartzwelder, Clay is such a self-absorbed, judgmental jerk that anyone who would willingly subject themselves to his endless pontificating could rival Anastasia Steele in the masochism department. Read full review
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Slant MagazineCarson LundFeb 9, 2015
Any masochistic joy that can be derived from watching the film owes to seeing it take its bullheaded conceit to its logical, artless extreme. Read full review
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