Reach Me
Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: November 21, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 20, 2014
This whole movie is crazy, with all sorts of well-known folks stumbling and bumbling about in search of a character. At times Reach Me is undeniably intriguing, mostly because it’s just so weird and disconnected. Eventually, though, it just becomes tiresome. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineOleg IvanovNov 17, 2014
Yell the word "independent" loud and long enough and people might forget that they're seeing the same old, patronizing Hollywood clichés, recycled, rebranded, and regurgitated for their gullible, eager consumption. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreNov 19, 2014
An indie comedy whose primary virtue is its cast, well-known actors who took small roles on a lark — a chance to play against “type.” Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 20, 2014
A kitchen-sink mess with no discernible narrative drive or thematic resonance beyond uninspired batches of bad behavior, gunplay, eccentricity and weak uplift. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 20, 2014
Not bad enough to be a guilty pleasure, but plenty bad nonetheless. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyNov 21, 2014
Once you’ve sunk into the entirely warped groove of Reach Me you’re almost eager to experience the next offense against aesthetics and/or common sense it is poised to commit. And make no mistake: this is a movie that keeps on delivering, and for 95 solid minutes. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerNov 19, 2014
There are great L.A. ensembles, like "Short Cuts" "Magnolia," or "Jackie Brown," but writer-director John Herzfeld is an expert in the bad kind, having made "2 Days In The Valley." Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartNov 19, 2014
This crowd-funded — and overcrowded — collection of interwoven stories, directed by John Herzfeld, plays like an amateur-acting exercise in which each participant picks a name and a couple of defining props. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedNov 19, 2014
In the 2014 annals of throwaway flops, save a special place for 95 wasted minutes of drivel called Reach Me. Read full review
20
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergNov 20, 2014
[A] preposterous ensemble piece. Read full review
20
VarietyScott FoundasNov 20, 2014
A misbegotten venture that constantly ups its own ante on histrionic overacting, ludicrous plot twists and insipid empowerment mantras. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNov 19, 2014
The concept itself is bafflingly empty. We’re never given any reason to respect Teddy or his work — which is built on tired, self-help clichés — so we hardly believe in his rapturous fans. Read full review
20
The DissolveChris KlimekNov 19, 2014
Reach Me wants to be masterpiece, but it’s a finger painting. By Captain Hook. Read full review
20
Village VoiceSimon AbramsNov 18, 2014
Writer/director John Herzfeld (15 Minutes, Two of a Kind) earnestly tries and spectacularly fails to dilute the acrid pretentiousness of Reach Me, a tone-deaf everything-is-connected melodrama, by cutting his characters' pseudo-enlightened philosophizing with goony broad humor. Read full review
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