Bringing Up Bobby
Comedy
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2011
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Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive's criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
25 Nov 2011
Country:
NL, US, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
[Its] downfall was ensured by a leading lady who will always be more credible chasing zombies than the American dream.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
27 Sep 2012
rotten:
Actress Famke Janssen wrote and directed this half-spiky, A-for-effort dramedy about a grifter mom struggling to raise her preteen son on the road.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
27 Sep 2012
rotten:
Milla Jovovich delivers an over-the-top peformance in this melodramatic tale of an immigrant con artist and her juvenile delinquent son.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep 2012
rotten:
Bringing Up Bobby centers around a mugging performance by Jovovich, who can't ground the film's attempts to tie together sentiments from Paper Moon and Miss Saigon.
– Alison Willmore,
AV Club,
27 Sep 2012
rotten:
'"Bringing Up Bobby" is hardly an auspicious debut for Janssen as a director, but, at the same time, there's enough there to suggest that a next attempt would be worthy of investigation...
– James Rocchi,
MSN Movies,
26 Sep 2012