The Boy Downstairs
| Release Date: February 16, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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5
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3
Negative:
3
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60
EmpireOlly RichardsJun 18, 2018
Zosia Mamet is the major selling point here. In a film that’s lovely but unlikely to prove memorable, she shows she can carry a film with immense charm. Read full review
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Village VoiceSerena DonadoniFeb 14, 2018
The writer-director’s first feature is warmly affectionate and maddeningly vague, with half-formed characters, limp plotting, and performances of captivating delicacy, especially from Zosia Mamet as a novelist guided by uncertainty. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartFeb 21, 2018
More frustratingly, Brooks jumps back and forth in time between the couple’s past relationship and the current day, with nary a physical or emotive change evident in either party. It becomes a task just to figure out which timeline you’re in, and then convince yourself why you should care. Read full review
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