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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeThe results are too predictable.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckLeast Among Saints has the strained feel of a basic cable television movie, with modest production values to match.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThough both actors deliver performances more credible than the plot that frames them, their authenticity only highlights the script's affection for improbable coincidences and an ending even Garry Marshall might consider too pat.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovLeast Among Saints is a heartfelt if not exactly heartwarming story of two wounded males, but despite top-notch performances from all the leads, it never really brings anything new to a story that's already overly familiar.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThere's nothing but skin-deep warmth to Least Among Saints, a film in which any authority figure who can't magically sober up and play surrogate daddy for a spell is treated as either a meddler or a well-meaning, do-nothing skeptic.
- 0Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenAs a portrait of a self-pitying drunk's wet dream of inexplicable atonement, it's fairly effective, but as a story meant to take place on some rational version of planet Earth, it's utterly hopeless.