Please Give
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 30, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
She has real sympathy--characters that might have been brittle, mockable creations in another writer-director’s hands gain resonance here. But the filmmaker also might have very little to say apart from the way guilt enters into life, and then suddenly recedes. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Only Rebecca Hall comes through with a genuineness that rises above Holofcener’s doodlings. Her scenes with Guilbert resonate because, in the end, Rebecca is the only character in the movie who seems to care about anything other than his or her own – take your pick – bank account, complexion, weight, guilt. In this company, she’s practically a saint. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Think of Please Give as a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning. Drama is not high on the agenda here. There is a bit of comedy and, briefly, sexual mischief even though it doesn't look like much fun. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
Two possible ways of regarding Please Give: It's shallow. Or maybe it's deeply shallow. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Though I wish Please Give were a little better, there aren't enough American movies like it. Read full review
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