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Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThe cranky old-coot humor between Studi and Cox is a welcome break, and there could have been more of it.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe patience of the sport and the tranquility of the settings casts a spell, and it all comes together in modestly, honestly moving ways.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIn general, Stephen Camelio’s script, sensitive and convincing as it is, attempts to pack too much emotion, back story and metaphor into a relatively slender tale. The result is a two-hour film that would have benefited from a judicious trim, a quickened pace and less melodrama.
- 50Washington PostMark JenkinsWashington PostMark JenkinsThe title of the film “Mending the Line” refers to an adjustment to a fly-fishing line to counter the effects of water currents. But there’s a lot more than the placement of a filament that needs to be remedied in this well-meaning but inert PTSD melodrama.