Rotten
"Emoticon ;)" is stuffed with complexities. So why does it feel as facile as that irksome title?
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Overview
Elena Gallenti is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on 'modern means of communication.' All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's teenage kids, who are going through their own journeys of self-discovery. All of them learn to navigate love and intimacy in the digital age.
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57%
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Rotten
In wildly disparate plot lines, Guerrero and Chandler easily command sympathy, but De Paolis doesn't let the sibling characters roam very far.
Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Livia De Paolis's too cutely titled debut feature wears its themes a little too baldly on its sleeve, but this modest effort about a non-nuclear family dealing with various interpersonal crises boasts some genuinely effective, understated moments.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
A grown-up's weird idea of how kids behave.
Chris Packham, Village Voice
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