Person to Person
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: July 28, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 23, 2017
Shot in beautifully textured 16mm and told at an unhurried pace, Person to Person requires some getting used to, but once you settle into its groove the movie becomes much more than the sum of its parts. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 27, 2017
This film, looking so little like its indie contemporaries, nurtures our appreciation of small details, emotional accomplishments most films would breeze right past or bring too sharply into focus. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMichael AgrestaAug 9, 2017
The heart of the film, however, is the character played by Bene Coopersmith, a real-life record store owner in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 25, 2017
It’s a film of ephemeral pleasures, adorned in a rich variety of voices, non-verbal gestures, and speech patterns: unfussy, unrushed, at times very funny. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJul 27, 2017
Person to Person is a gently comic slices-of-life drama, the kind where a variety of people’s conflicting, occasionally overlapping experience of the city comes together into a messy whole. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersJul 27, 2017
It’s a slight film, but it’s populated by enjoyable moments and wry observations that will appeal to fans of talky indies. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicole HerringtonJul 27, 2017
While Mr. Defa’s dialogue mostly flows naturally from Mr. Coopersmith, it can seem too self-aware and precious in the other characters’ mouths. Read full review
58
The PlaylistNoel MurrayJun 23, 2017
This is a terrific cast, appearing in scenes that have been beautifully framed and lit. Why weren’t they given anything memorable to do and say? Read full review
55
Paste MagazineTim GriersonJul 27, 2017
While Person to Person has an appealing less-is-more stance, sometimes less is just less. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 6, 2017
Writer-director Defa manages a few engaging exchanges, smart scenes and running gags. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyJun 27, 2017
Mildly amusing, a tad amateurish in some aspects, this little ensemble piece about funny little people is ultimately just too damn little. Read full review
50
The Film StageDan MeccaJun 23, 2017
There are plenty of characters and there is plenty of New York City in writer/director Dustin Guy Defa‘s Person To Person, but the whole thing meanders all over without ever really settling somewhere that matters. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJun 23, 2017
There’s little in the way of dramatic conflict or base wit to keep us hanging around to see what happens within each. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJul 28, 2017
Various characters populate Person to Person, but they rarely register as actual people. And while some of their storylines intersect throughout the course of a day in New York, they rarely connect in ways that have actual meaning. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAug 2, 2017
In this case, the Big Apple has never looked so small and inconsequential. Read full review
10
TheWrapInkoo KangJul 26, 2017
A day can be mind-numbingly dull or fate-alteringly momentous. Person to Person expresses this duh statement with scarcely more wisdom, nuance, or emotional pull. Read full review
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