Angels Crest Reviews

Movie Reviews

• the melodrama is played quite straightforwardly here, even as the dialogue frequently borders on parody

  by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice ]

• the film isn't fully successful in generating the same depth of feeling in viewers

  by John DeFore [Hollywood Reporter ]

• the film can't locate the bone-deep sense of tragedy of Leslie Schwartz's novel - it just keeps belching out empty, grief-stricken histrionics devoid of insight

  by Nick Schager [Nick Schager ]

• situations that could illuminate merely distract

  by Stephen Holden [New York Times ]

• she has made a solid, respectable drama worthy of wider attention

  Review rate : B- by Eric D. Snider [Film.com ]

• essentially, each one of the film's tortured characters is an emotional zombie who specializes in public breakdowns, and we're privy to their collective battle for community drama queen

  by Glenn Heath Jr. [Slant Magazine ]

• director Gaby Dellal and screenwriter Catherine Trieschmann adapted a lesser novel into a lesser film

  by Michael W. Phillips, Jr. [Goatdog's Movies ]

• as for director Gaby Dellal's thudding, trudging movie, there's actually less here than meets the eye

  by Joe Neumaier [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/jeremy-piven-lynn-collins-trudge ]

• angels Crest may have something in common with Beautiful Boy, but it really wants to be The Sweet Hereafter

  by Norm Schrager [Filmcritic.com ]

• angels Crest has weaknesses that are tough to overcome

  Review rate : C by Noel Murray [AV Club ]

• an entire plotline is devoted to Jane's son and pregnant girlfriend's reaction to his mother's set up but it is so heavy-handed that it sits ill at ease alongside the more subtler scenes elsewhere

  by Amber Wilkinson [Eye for Film ]

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