After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.
There isn't much to say about Struck by Lightning, except that it's one of those interchangeable teen movies that lands in theaters in early January, the morgue for films nobody knows what to do with.
– Ella Taylor,
NPR,
10 Jan 2013
rotten:
Except for Ms. Janney's monstrous mother and an Alzheimer's-afflicted grandmother (Polly Bergen), "Struck by Lightning" gives its characters no dimension.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
10 Jan 2013
rotten:
If only "Struck by Lightning" had a sharper, stronger perspective, it might have made more of its conceit.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan 2013
rotten:
Ultimately, it all portends a much brighter future for Colfer than for Carson.
– Sara Stewart,
New York Post,
11 Jan 2013
rotten:
Colfer is still very young, but he needs to learn that "snide" is not a point of view.