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By Sandyjax J (4) on 15 Apr 2018

This film does not even BEGIN to understand addiction and what it does to children and families. It's a no-watch…

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By Ahmedaiman9999 (95) on 14 Apr 2018

I want to know why Marja-Lewis Ryan insisted to merge a philosophical message with the storytelling…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 11 Apr 2018

Franco has the showier junkie role, but Abbi Jacobson is the one you identify with, the long-suffering sister you want to hug and reassure…

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By Kevin P (1,697) on 11 Apr 2018

Strengths: Dave Franco (Seth) has been on some kind of roll lately…

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By Renee Schonfeld (431) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 10 Apr 2018

There aren't too many new ways of putting drug addiction under a filmed microscope, but writer-director Marja-Lewis Ryan has created an original,…

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By Jaime Fa De Lucas (47) for Culturamas (47) on 09 Apr 2018

The narrative arc of 6 Balloons is not much either, a progression from positive to negative that leaves no space for a gray scale or ambiguity…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 09 Apr 2018

Based on the experiences of producer Samantha Housman, 6 Balloons is too short and stunted to leave much of an impression, but the film convincingly…

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By Aj Caulfield (18) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 08 Apr 2018

6 Balloons is moody and moving, yet frustrating and clumsy and sometimes too on-the-nose…

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By Jacob Knight (117) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 08 Apr 2018

Though Katie's arc becomes fairly predictable by the last of 6 Balloons' breathless 74 minutes, the transparency of her character's development…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 08 Apr 2018

Too unbalanced for my taste but functional anyways…

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By Caleb D (133) on 05 Apr 2018

6 Balloons offers a harrowing story about addiction, and what it does with the people around you…

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By Ahmed A (371) on 05 Apr 2018

6 Balloons offers a harrowing story about addiction, and what it does with the people around you…

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By David Crow (142) for Den of Geek (424) on 04 Apr 2018

It's a brief portrait with a devastating subject, but it feels unfinished, relying too often on well-worn techniques to complete an intimate…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 04 Apr 2018

You can’t help feeling that something terrible will happen at any moment, unless something worse happens first…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Apr 2018

Anchored by Jacobson's touchingly layered turn as a dutiful enabler, this risk-taking piece has an effectively anxious, naturalistic feel (it…

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By Caroline Siede (75) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 04 Apr 2018

As a mood piece and character portrait, 6 Balloons is a strong debut for Ryan…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 03 Apr 2018

6 Balloons is wrenching stuff, but it offers points of behavioral illumination to enhance the viewing experience, and there's Franco doing…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Apr 2018

At just over 70 minutes, Balloons feels more like a sketch or a character study than a fully realized film, but it's an affecting sketch nonetheless…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 02 Apr 2018

6 Balloons is a film that shows what a sibling is willing to give up in order to save the other sibling…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 Mar 2018

There is a sense that the picture ends just as it gets going…

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