The Broken Hearts Gallery
Elevation Pictures | Release Date: September 11, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansSep 12, 2020
The premise of writer Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut sounds cheesy, and it is, but watching the brooding Nick softening to putty in our goofball heroine’s presence while she remains sparkily oblivious is an earnest pleasure. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 4, 2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery pushes all the rom-com buttons but does it knowingly, with a spirit that embraces killer cynicism and then comes out the other side. Read full review
80
Screen RantMolly FreemanSep 4, 2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery is overflowing with charm and personality, making it exactly the kind of fun, feel-good romantic comedy needed right now. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 9, 2020
Geraldine Viswanathan, fresh off her scene-stealing turn as the intrepid high school newspaper reporter in “Bad Education,” gives a knockout performance. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 9, 2020
The lush production design by Zazu Myers, especially in the Chloe Hotel, and rich cinematography by Alar Kivilo make for a colorfully saturated fantasy of New York City that elevates the film. This is a big, juicy rom-com that has proven to be a rare entity these days on the big screen. Read full review
70
TheWrapSteve PondSep 4, 2020
The film has some awkward edits and some jumps that suggest things are missing, but as a female-centric romance, it is breezy enough to go down easily. Read full review
67
IndieWireRyan LattanzioSep 4, 2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery will fit snugly on the shelf for tweens and teens as a source of comfort and maybe even empowerment, an ode to rebuilding, when the dissolution of a relationship leaves you feeling like a husk of yourself. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 24, 2020
A tart, eager-to-please screenplay by first-time director Natalie Krinsky and a cast skilled at verbal badminton hook a viewer from the start, and “Gallery” especially stands as a welcome showcase for Geraldine Viswanathan. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 11, 2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery meanders through its fantasy island version of New York City with meet-cutes and complications-with-exes until it reaches the inevitable climax. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comRoxana HadadiSep 11, 2020
Geraldine Viswanathan has been steadily working her way through the coming-of-age subgenre, on her way to becoming a star. In the open-hearted romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery, the charismatic whirlwind of an actress is vivacious and lovable. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzSep 9, 2020
But viewed from another, more cynical angle, The Broken Hearts Gallery reveals itself as just another lightweight Saturday-night diversion – zippy and heartfelt, certainly, but hardly reinventing or even seasonally rotating the rom-com wheel. Read full review
60
The New YorkerRichard BrodySep 24, 2020
In The Broken Hearts Gallery—Krinsky’s first feature—Viswanathan’s performance lends the movie its sole impression of vitality and spontaneity, to go with its one bright light of conceptual inspiration. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeSep 10, 2020
It is something of a letdown: a funny but conventional glossy romcom. But there is no messing with Viswanathan, who is undoubtedly the main attraction. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeSep 4, 2020
For a film about heartbreak, The Broken Hearts Gallery is a bit too glossy for its own good. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiSep 11, 2020
The film’s worst offense is that it works way too hard for it to be a light watch. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSep 10, 2020
A sweet, innocuous romantic comedy. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesSep 10, 2020
The love match is cringing; as a rom-com’s raison d’etre, their limp connection pretty much sinks the thing. But when the script settles down and stops feeling quite so much like an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink thesis project, it has its bouncy moments. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 9, 2020
Even if it plays like a sitcom pilot that might get picked up after a little recasting, “Broken Hearts Gallery” is never unpleasant and only rarely a drag. In rom-com starved Hollywood, call that a “win” and call it a day. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiSep 12, 2020
If the movie had just a little bit of truth, it could speak to people without "relatable" pandering about how adulting is hard and men are jerks! It's easy to parade around an ostentatiously broken heart, but that only means anything if it comes with baring a little bit of soul. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinSep 14, 2020
For anyone not in the very specific demographic group depicted, the experience of watching this is like being trapped in a tiny downtown club, where the food isn't that good and the portions are tiny. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanSep 9, 2020
The route of the film, like Lucy’s drive home, is preordained — a Google Maps version of a plot, with absolutely no surprises. Read full review
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