Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding

IFC Films | Release Date: June 8, 2012

5.9	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Ratings

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lancekozSep 20, 2012

Yow, this was a dreary, long, contentious ride. A modern story about families in a culture clash is my thing, but this had no one in it to root for. Everyone was an unyielding stereotype and stayed that way against all odds. Drippy script,Yow, this was a dreary, long, contentious ride. A modern story about families in a culture clash is my thing, but this had no one in it to root for. Everyone was an unyielding stereotype and stayed that way against all odds. Drippy script, predictable traumas, mediocre acting. And it is a marketing ploy to call it a comedy. City people meet tie-dyed, small town inhabitants.....with indoor chickens.... surely this is hilarious. IT is not. I gave it a three for nice scenery and reasonable photography.… Expand

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metamotivcriticJun 16, 2012

It's hard to believe (and rather depressing) that a director who created such a beautiful, subtle movie as Tender Mercies could have devolved into one who creates such over-the-top, un-involving charactertures and stereotypes as the onesIt's hard to believe (and rather depressing) that a director who created such a beautiful, subtle movie as Tender Mercies could have devolved into one who creates such over-the-top, un-involving charactertures and stereotypes as the ones portrayed in this movie. It just goes to show (as if we didn't know) that Hollywood can turn anyone into a philistine. It was interesting to see Jane Fonda show such a commitment to her character, even when that character is a characterture (in fact, a characterture of her own youthful characterture, hence a meta-characterture). Not a great job of acting, but an impressively unselfconscious performance nonetheless. On the plus side, Elizabeth Olsen confirms the fact that even in an underdeveloped and stereotypical role she has a great movie presence (and is more than a credible actress). On the other hand, Jerry Garcia must be turning over in his grave (he was buried, wasn't he?) at the surfeit of tie-dying in this movie. Finally, the most egregious sin of the movie is the underlying Hollywood "lesson" that "romance conquers all"-- substantive political differences, bad parenting, bad hair-dos, everything is secondary to romance. And here I was trying to find the meaning of life in Nietzsche, Marx, Sartre...and it was all there in a Beatles lyric. "All you need is love"!… Expand

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Tigerreviews03Apr 3, 2021

This movie is a Hollywood cliché at almost every turn the character of the grandma a quirky and irresponsible mother to her child an uptight, calculated and independent person. the children one that is awkward and creative and the other isThis movie is a Hollywood cliché at almost every turn the character of the grandma a quirky and irresponsible mother to her child an uptight, calculated and independent person. the children one that is awkward and creative and the other is smart, well spoken and sarcastic. tell me you haven't seen that before. the storyline is basic and predictable they fix their problems learn to love blah blah. the only redemption of this movie being Elizabeth Olsen's ability to breathe life into her undeveloped character and the presentation of the film inside the movie as well as its a comforting family watch. Other than this the second best acting scene was of that man in the back of the butchers shops facial expressions.… Expand

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