The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: July 31, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
CineVueJoe WalshJun 18, 2014
T.S. Spivet is a dreamlike fairytale, which swims in the romanticism of childhood and the decay of the American Dream. Read full review
80
VarietyJay WeissbergOct 1, 2013
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is the perfect 3D vehicle and Jeunet takes full advantage, offering a feast of amusing visual flourishes suited to the book’s playfulness. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJonathan HollandJun 18, 2014
The film's greatest achievement is in the way the accomplished 3D treatment -- this is Jeunet’s first foray into the format -- emerges entirely naturally, as the precise expression of a gifted child’s vivid imagination. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAug 3, 2015
While it doesn’t operate at its full potential, Spivet nonetheless offers a bracing risk: a kid adventure with danger alongside its whimsy and sadness alongside its reassurances. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 6, 2015
While some of the film's wide emotional turns—from over-caffeinated road movie to magically-realistic melodrama and back again—are not handled with care, the film is more than the sum of its unequal parts. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyJul 27, 2015
Jeunet’s major achievement is to capture the book’s complicated museum clutter and hothouse-flower sensitivity. Read full review
60
Total FilmPaul BradshawJul 27, 2015
With more whimsy than a Wes Anderson wedding – and a clunky third act that potholes the plot – Jeunet’s American comeback is beautiful, heart-warming and a bit of a mess. Read full review
60
EmpireIan NathanJun 18, 2014
For all it boasts in ingenious style, this genial American yarn lacks the delicious bile of Jenuet’s early days. Read full review
42
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonJun 18, 2014
Jeunet occasionally reminds you why he was once considered one of the most exciting names in world cinema. But for the most part, it’s another visually interesting, somewhat hollow misfire. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinJun 18, 2014
Like one of its animated 3D asides, the film jumps out at you, twiddles around and then folds itself away into nowhere. It’s all pop-up, no book. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 18, 2014
The two adjectives in the title should be replaced with "annoying" and "unendurably tiresome". Read full review
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