The Meddler

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 22, 2016

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Ratings

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Mary805May 22, 2016

This movie was what I call a renter, and not worth the cost of movie tickets. I really was cheering for this movie, with better writing, this could have been a great movie, but it kept letting me down. The movie trailer was way better thanThis movie was what I call a renter, and not worth the cost of movie tickets. I really was cheering for this movie, with better writing, this could have been a great movie, but it kept letting me down. The movie trailer was way better than the movie.… Expand

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donaldistJun 26, 2016

40/100
Sticks very closely to the formula of the rising "Widow Dramedy" genre- it's possibly the exact same movie as last year's I'll See You in My Dreams, what with both being vehicles for talented aging actresses who've been out of the40/100
Sticks very closely to the formula of the rising "Widow Dramedy" genre- it's possibly the exact same movie as last year's I'll See You in My Dreams, what with both being vehicles for talented aging actresses who've been out of the limelight for a while, featuring the actresses putting their deceased husbands behind them, with some daughter drama and granny takes pot interludes. J.K. Simmons even plays what is essentially a bald Sam Elliot (old Sam appeared in I'll See You in My Dreams and about a dozen more of these movies). We don't need this movie over and over! We need nice little genre pieces like Grandma that resurrect Lily Tomlin for some great character drama. I'm just worried for when Diane Ladd and Tom Selleck get mixed up in these formula-indies.… Expand

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