The Rising Place
Flatland Pictures | Release Date: November 8, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
This low-key drama is always warm and mellow, although it doesn't build much of an emotional charge. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
This cliché-filled labor of love is staffed with some fine performers - Jennifer Holliday sings at a juke joint and Frances Sternhagen plays an older version of Emily's sister. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
As earnest as its artless young characters, Tom Rice's intermittently affecting debut walks a well-trod path without finding anything very new. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Sticky sweet sentimentality, clumsy plotting and a rosily myopic view of life in the WWII-era Mississippi Delta undermine this adaptation of an unpublished novel by David Armstrong. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNat Johnson
Broadway dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday's musical interludes occasionally relieve this mélange of recycled social morality lessons. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Deeply felt but flat and unimaginative. Read full review
30
VarietyScott Foundas
An ultra-touchy-feely race-relations, civil-rights drama as imagined by theme-park organizers, with every character painted in broad strokes in a story that eagerly tugs at every available heartstring -- and rings false at every turn. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
As a first-time filmmaker who juggles such duties as writing, directing, producing, even playing piano solos on the soundtrack, Rice is in over his head. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece, in treading the line between sappy and sanguine, winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand. Read full review
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