Fresh
"Quitter" is assured and offhandedly sweet. And it's a relief from the easy pitches that define so many projects, big and small.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Overview
When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Director and cast
- Matthew Bonifacio Director
- Matthew Bonifacio as Jonathan Lembo
- Julianna Gelinas Bonifacio as Georgie (as Julianna Gelinas)
- Destiny Monet Cruz as Luka
- Neil Jain as Frank
- José Ferrer as Gitmo
- Dan Grimaldi as Michael Lembo
- Deirdre O'Connell as Kathleen Lembo
- Jack A. O'Connell as Uncle Richard
- Erin Darke as Chloe
- Henry Vick as Erik
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Remember when indie films starred normal people with average cheekbones and jawlines, inadequately lighted? Matthew Bonifacio's "The Quitter" is a return to that style, and a simple story well told.
Anita Gates, New York Times
Rotten
As The Quitter progresses, Jonathan merely grows nicer and nicer, rendering the character's obligatory, runtime-padding third-act doubts false and unconvincing.
Danny King, Village Voice
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