Balance, Not Symmetry Reviews
Nothing really works in this underwhelming drama: the sad scenes aren't sad; the uplifting scenes aren't uplifting; moments that should be dramatic have no impact.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 5, 2019
Everyone in the film is annoying - variously self-obsessed, pseudy, theatrically needy or hopelessly drippy, while the dialogue veers between excruciating and cheesy.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 2, 2019
The whole thing has the tentative, incomplete feel of an improv actors' project.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 1, 2019
Devotees of the Scottish rockers will certainly get their money's worth in songs, but the film's failure to connect on an emotional or dramatic level is likely to leave everyone else cold.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 29, 2019
Balance, Not Symmetry is an uneven film that struggles to balance veracity with happily-ever-after.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 2, 2019
Nothing else in the film - not the performances, not the themes, certainly not the rambling, diffident plotting - is strong enough to hold its own against the continual onslaught of music.
Full Review | Jun 24, 2019