Union Square
Dada Films | Release Date: July 13, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelAug 16, 2012
It is intended for an audience that is willing to take a journey without knowing the destination. Read full review
70
MovielineMichelle OrangeJul 12, 2012
With its small cast and focus on performance, Union Square promises to be a welcome showcase for Sorvino, and the early rhymes with Miss Linda are intriguingly open-ended. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJul 11, 2012
There isn't much to Union Square, but the movie does understand how people want to love their families on their own terms, forgetting that their families may be the only ones who really know who they are. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)James AdamsJul 13, 2012
Union Square's biggest flaw is its predictability. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJul 12, 2012
Union Square has the busy, hemmed-in talkiness of a theater piece, with too much forced to happen in too short a time. But it also has a lively, nervous energy and an expansive sympathy for the mismatched women at its heart. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 12, 2012
Despite its problems, there's a touching sweetness at the heart of Nancy Savoca's intimate family drama about estranged sisters trying to reconnect. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJul 13, 2012
Sorvino brings a spark, but neither she nor Patti LuPone, in an amusing cameo, can overcome the clockwork-like plod to the end. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedJul 11, 2012
The actors are so good, though, that they make you want to see what they could do in a better movie than this tedious acting-class experiment. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJul 8, 2012
Nancy Savoca's film begins in caricature and ends in sentimentality, only briefly hitting the sweet spot in between. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJul 13, 2012
The plot slogs along and family secrets are hauled out, each more implausible than the next. Read full review
40
Time OutEric HynesJul 10, 2012
Sorvino's Bronx bawler veers from mascara-streaked monster to outer-borough sage as each scene requires, while Savoca's agitated camera strains for handheld immediacy but ends up just looking amateurish and ugly. Read full review
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