Review of Growing Up Smith (2017) by Emma A — 03 Apr 2016

Best movie ever!!! I'd see it again and again...

This review of Growing Up Smith (2017) was written by Emma A on 03 Apr 2016.

Growing Up Smith has generally received positive reviews.

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Feb 2017

The picture hits many of the expected schoolyard beats with just enough specificity (the vegetarian boy's first encounter with fried chicken,…

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By Asia Frey (149) for Lagniappe (Mobile, AL) (149) on 22 Aug 2018

Flawed but not without its merits, including heart, humor and a look at the complex immigrant experience that hides a painful depth beneath…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 01 Feb 2017

The film feels like an extended episode of The Wonder Years, if that '60s-set series had served a little chicken tikka masala and cross-cultural…

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By Claude H (39) on 03 Jun 2018

While the film itself is capably constructed, the script lacks any kind of edge to it, making this comedy-drama light on emotion and barren on laughs…

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By Tony W (166) on 22 Jun 2017

Fun, entertaining, nostalgic, family movie... kinda reminds me of my family. LOL…

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By Aki T (38) on 17 Feb 2017

This movie was so funny and sweet. I laughed and cried. I think anyone with a sense of humor or heart will love this movie…

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By Adam R (2,773) on 24 Feb 2018

Funny and endearing, but it is spoiled a little by its bad ending. (First and only viewing - 2/24/2018)…

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By Lezee (801) on 04 Feb 2018

The first crush. The film was completed back in the T15, but it only released recently. Another Hollywood's Indian connection theme…

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By Nicole S (464) on 03 Feb 2017

Wonderful heartfelt film about love, friendship and what it means to be an immigrant in America in the late 1970s…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 03 May 2017

The joys and pains of childhood are familiar across all cultures -- and, as the cloying comedy Growing Up Smith demonstrates, hackneyed variations…

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