Writer-director Salvatore Stabile has a good eye for the details of hard-luck ordinariness, and he sketches believable family bonds with a minimum of flourish.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Nick Pinkerton
Leguizamo, working at a scramble, gets more on-screen traction than in recent memory.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Although Mr. Leguizamo wisely underplays a role that is just short of saintly, the character is still a filmmaker's bogus, bleeding-heart contrivance in a movie that is much less truthful than it pretends to be.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Gary Goldstein
Stabile keeps his affecting story hurtling forward with such grit and integrity it's easy to forgive its loaded setup and occasional lapses in detail and logic.Read Full Review »