Somebody Up There Likes Me
Tribeca Film | Release Date: March 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireEric KohnFeb 1, 2013
Byington excels at turning the edict that time waits for no one into a sensory experience. No matter how sly it gets, Somebody Up There Likes Me still retains that fundamental truth. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleLeah ChurnerApr 3, 2013
Somebody is nihilistic, misanthropic, and weirdly relaxing. I've never seen anything like it. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenMar 14, 2013
The film has a sarcastic tone, like that of a friend who you never can tell is kidding or not, which eventually breaks through into a place of unexpected sincerity. Meeting this odd, idiosyncratic "Somebody" is a rare delight. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonFeb 1, 2013
Despite knowingly blank performances and a heavily ironic tone, the story ultimately accumulates emotional gravity, ending with a sardonic refection on the seasonal cycle of life that is worthy of a Kurt Vonnegut or Joseph Heller novel. Tragedy is comedy. Comedy is tragedy. So it goes. Read full review
75
The PlaylistWilliam GossFeb 1, 2013
Each scene is a brisk vignette of deadpan reversal, often involving a running theme of miscommunication. Read full review
70
Village VoiceTed ScheinmanMar 26, 2013
The whole thing comes off as a fairy tale bordering on hallucination, perhaps the vision of life that passes before the eyes at death. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaMar 25, 2013
Bob Byington's perspective may be above it all, but that doesn't quite account for the shades of melancholy that pop up unexpectedly in lines of dialogue and in some of the performances. Read full review
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