54
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe director, Harold Guskin, and writer, Sandra Jennings, show admirable patience in letting the story unspool, and the actors reward them.
- 75NPRElla TaylorNPRElla TaylorIllness, death, bad fathers and bad marriages, suppressed old loves — there's nothing new here, yet we are held by the way ordinary suffering has hardened into an emotional prison for three old friends.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickGandolfini acquits himself well in a rare big-screen lead as the depressed operator of a rinky-dink amusement park in the waning days of winter.
- 40Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesBrando-wheezing Gandolfini never slums it, but there’s still no shaking the sense that a pro has shown up for amateur hour.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenDown the Shore suggests what might happen if TBS and Bruce Springsteen were to collaborate on a sitcom set in hell.
- 30Village VoiceStephanie CarrieVillage VoiceStephanie CarrieThe saddest part of this movie that oh-so-wants you to know it is sad is that Jennings sets up a pretty interesting dynamic, then bails on telling a story.