Rotten
This histrionic family drama must have looked good on paper to attract such a big-name cast, but on the screen it comes off as glib, rushed, and underdeveloped.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
Dawn and nature awake. The sun rises higher and higher, spreading its light over the modern world, getting hotter and hotter and hotter ...
Director and cast
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Rotten
The emotional effectiveness varies from moment to moment between not pushing too hard or simply not pulling hard enough.
William Goss, Film.com
Rotten
A dreadful exercise in navel-gazing that resides in a particularly trite corner of Pat Conroy-ville.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
A dispiriting rehash of dysfunctional family cliches that seems to last longer than Thanksgiving Day dinner.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Fresh
The actors are all good and a few scenes -- an opening family argument, a crucial battle when Michael finally fights back -- are painfully moving.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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