The Evening Hour
Strand Releasing | Release Date: July 30, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
1
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarAug 6, 2021
Narrative bumps and all, The Evening Hour gives Ettinger a full stage to parade his unassuming virtuosity. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 26, 2021
The Evening Hour may lean into stereotypes of Appalachia and the lawless dead end many find themselves driving into. But King, working from Elizabeth Palmore’s script, humanizes the character “types” and the “statistics” to make one of the more compelling dramas set in this world and its struggles. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJul 29, 2021
King works to portray a tight mesh of relationships around Cole, directing Elizabeth Palmore’s valiant adaptation of the sensitively rendered Carter Sickels novel. But lacking a strong central performance from Ettinger — who gets stuck on a half-pained, half-exasperated setting — much of the movie feels like a series of comings and goings, entrances and exits. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJul 30, 2021
Unfortunately, The Evening Hour falls back on clichés, telling its story with a palpable sense of distance from the characters, from their struggles, and from the world they inhabit. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineMark HansonJul 27, 2021
In spite of the film’s strikingly lived-in sense of place, the script’s melodramatic storytelling works against that verisimilitude. Read full review
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