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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineYell the word "independent" loud and long enough and people might forget that they're seeing the same old, patronizing Hollywood clichés, recycled, rebranded, and regurgitated for their gullible, eager consumption.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAn indie comedy whose primary virtue is its cast, well-known actors who took small roles on a lark — a chance to play against “type.”
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNot bad enough to be a guilty pleasure, but plenty bad nonetheless.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThis crowd-funded — and overcrowded — collection of interwoven stories, directed by John Herzfeld, plays like an amateur-acting exercise in which each participant picks a name and a couple of defining props.
- 25The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThere are great L.A. ensembles, like "Short Cuts" "Magnolia," or "Jackie Brown," but writer-director John Herzfeld is an expert in the bad kind, having made "2 Days In The Valley."
- 20Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsWriter/director John Herzfeld (15 Minutes, Two of a Kind) earnestly tries and spectacularly fails to dilute the acrid pretentiousness of Reach Me, a tone-deaf everything-is-connected melodrama, by cutting his characters' pseudo-enlightened philosophizing with goony broad humor.
- 20The DissolveChris KlimekThe DissolveChris KlimekReach Me wants to be masterpiece, but it’s a finger painting. By Captain Hook.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe concept itself is bafflingly empty. We’re never given any reason to respect Teddy or his work — which is built on tired, self-help clichés — so we hardly believe in his rapturous fans.
- 20The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen Kenigsberg[A] preposterous ensemble piece.