Sollers Point
Oscilloscope | Release Date: May 11, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistJoe BlessingMay 16, 2018
Sollers Point is an intimate and wise character study, not only of an unformed young man but also of a neighborhood struggling to preserve itself in the face of economic decline. Read full review
90
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 17, 2018
Mr. Porterfield’s evenhanded direction doesn’t try to pull the viewer’s sympathies one way or another. Within his realistic mode he crafts some startling effects — a strip-club brawl that spills out into broad, embarrassing daylight is eye-opening. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 14, 2018
Sollers Point is a moving and elusive blend of naturalism and melodrama, less a character study than an analysis of a community. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 25, 2018
Sollers Point boasts a cool, classically observational tone marked by Sabier Kirchner’s invitingly elegant cinematography that eschews the vogue for artificial shaky-cam edginess, and the naturalistic detail of a lived-in neighborhood populated by at least a dozen instantly memorable characters — by turns stressed, satisfied, curious, weird and sad — just doing their thing. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 23, 2018
It transfixes, not with artifice or cheap sentiment, but with a strange alchemy of gloom and light. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChris PackhamMay 16, 2018
Keith’s sincerity and depth of feeling are embodied in Lombardi’s performance. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd May 7, 2018
Sollers Point is easy to admire, abstractly and on principle. But you may still leave wondering if a little melodrama, a little bullshit, might have been preferable. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 9, 2018
Sollers Point isn’t really about the plot, or advancing it. It’s all about the place, the sorts of people in it and the good and bad support systems that could sink or swim our hero. Thanks to Lombardi, we stick around for the answer. Read full review
60
Film ThreatFilipe FreitasOct 2, 2018
After a slowly developed first section, the low-key indie drama gets some grittiness coming from the hostile relationships, leading us to an offbeat finale that, understandably, may be classified as pointless or unsatisfying by many viewers. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedMay 25, 2018
What saves the movie from tedium is a cast that is easy to watch, from understated veterans such as Belushi. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMay 11, 2018
One can imagine that Sollers Point might be better if its focus expanded to the area's inhabitants, not just Keith. Read full review
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