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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardMr. ShowbizKevin MaynardYields beguiling nectar.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsA slog to get through, but Jeanie Drynan's nuanced performance as the enduring matriarch makes it all worthwhile.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis Australian tear-jerker finds more humor than you'd imagine possible in the story of a dying woman getting to know her adult children.
- 60Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterBursting with grotesque burlesques of household relations.
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe general talent and dedication of the ensemble mitigate the script's occasional lapses into sentimentality and noisy confrontation.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe characters...are so unlikable that one longs for a bit of cheap sentiment if only to make them palatable.
- 38New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanHonest but also derivative and crude.
- 20Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAsks us to spend 101 minutes with people most of us wouldtake pains to avoid in real life.