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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottYou are not Doug Block, of course. Except to the extent - measured by the depth of your absorption in this remarkable film - that you are.
- 80New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe small moments loom large in this moving, bittersweet and often funny documentary.
- 80Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyThe absorbingly bittersweet result ranks as one of the best non-fiction films of the year.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirHis final scenes with Lucy and with his own dad are both surprising and shattering, and I was left humbled by the film's honesty.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceSeemingly 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.
- 50VarietyVarietyObsession, 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.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckHow much of this you'll find enlightening and how much simply creepy will depend on your tolerance for cinematic navel-gazing.
- 42The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonBy experiencing Block's films, we aren't merely witnessing his neurosis, we're abetting and validating it.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMaybe 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.