The Kids Grow Up
Shadow Distribution | Release Date: October 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottOct 28, 2010
You are not Doug Block, of course. Except to the extent - measured by the depth of your absorption in this remarkable film - that you are. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyOct 29, 2010
The absorbingly bittersweet result ranks as one of the best non-fiction films of the year. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirOct 29, 2010
His final scenes with Lucy and with his own dad are both surprising and shattering, and I was left humbled by the film's honesty. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 29, 2010
The small moments loom large in this moving, bittersweet and often funny documentary. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenNov 12, 2010
Block wears his neuroses so guilelessly on his sleeve and organizes his material with such skill, that what might have been insufferable navel-gazing attains poignancy. Read full review
70
Village VoiceEric HynesOct 26, 2010
Seemingly modest but stealthily ambitious, Block's feature-length home movies have a way of spiraling outward just as he's drilling inward, of becoming profoundly universal when most nakedly personal. And despite their candor, the Blocks are less exhibitionistic than welcoming. They make for very dear company. Read full review
60
Time OutAaron HillisOct 26, 2010
The second in a proposed self-reflective doc trilogy, director Doug Block's embarrassingly honest follow-up to "51 Birch Street" (2005) is a neurotic, occasionally poignant rumination on his teenage daughter doing just what the title says. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 30, 2010
How much of this you'll find enlightening and how much simply creepy will depend on your tolerance for cinematic navel-gazing. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn AndersonOct 24, 2010
Obsession, compulsion and fear are all part of The Kids Grow Up, which is occasionally a less-than-pleasant reminder of the goofy way we can act even while we think we're being sane. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonOct 28, 2010
By experiencing Block's films, we aren't merely witnessing his neurosis, we're abetting and validating it. Read full review
40
SlateDana StevensOct 29, 2010
Block intended this movie as a loving portrait of his relationship with his daughter. Instead, it's a reflection, and not always a kind one, of the man behind the camera. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. MusettoOct 29, 2010
Maybe being able to look back in time is comforting for Block and company, but what makes him think complete strangers give a damn about his not-especially-interesting family? I certainly don't. Read full review
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