Like a cliche tent at the State Fair, with lessons in oil painting, fly-fishing and church to help us all find our center.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
2 Sep 2011
rotten:
Russell's spoon-feeding of motivational nuggets turns to full-blown shoveling in the film's final minutes...
– Sean O'Connell,
Washington Post,
2 Sep 2011
rotten:
At least watching Black fish, paint and pilot an airplane is less boring than golf.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
2 Sep 2011
fresh:
Seven Days in Utopia, of course, like most sports movies with higher aspirations, tries to position itself as more than a sports movie. And lo and behold, it is -- sort of.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Sep 2011
rotten:
Supporting bits, like the saintly love interest played by Deborah Ann Woll, function more as archetypes than flesh-and-blood characters in a lively story.