The Black Balloon (2008) - Movie Reviews - Page 5 of 13

81-100 of 241 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Nick G (800) on 08 May 2009

It had alot of strength and emotion but just wasnt told very well and weak action on Rhys part and I thought Gemma was terrible…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Mikael C (12) on 02 May 2009

18…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 Apr 2009

Thomas and Jackie's friendship, blossoming into a chaste romance, is the dramatic engine that powers The Black Balloon, but it's far from the…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Assem Z (20) on 27 Apr 2009

Awesome movie ! from embarrassment 2 defiance [ in terms of what public thinks…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Jonathon M (103) on 26 Apr 2009

What a film! Just proves that we CAN make good films - I saw this right after seeing that awful bloat, Australia…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By George L (222) on 17 Apr 2009

I am torn. At times moving and engaging at others borderline sentimental and weird…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 16 Apr 2009

The film's vision is neither a grim wallow nor falsely cheerful…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Graham Killeen (120) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 15 Apr 2009

The Black Balloon is marked by the fiercest bravery you're likely to encounter on screen this year…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Harry T (192) on 12 Apr 2009

Never seen it my friend says its good I supose it could be good…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Apr 2009

At its sharpest Elissa Down's feature directorial debut is guided by intense, rough-edged emotional swings that feel authentically alive, even…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Apr 2009

A film that mostly skirts artifice and sentimentality for a truer portrait of a family battered and bruised but nowhere near broken…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 07 Apr 2009

The outlines are broad and obvious, and Thomas such a bore, that The Black Balloon loses air…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Alejandra L (35) on 07 Apr 2009

Drama set in late 80s australia, as a 16 year old boyin a new town with his family, and his dealings with living with a autistic brother, gets…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Damien B (102) on 02 Apr 2009

A really good coming of age film. Highly recommended…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Ted Fry (163) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 01 Apr 2009

There are wrenching scenes that are brutally stark, yet there remains a steady sense of calm that is touching and sensitive without ever turning…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 01 Apr 2009

Structurally and cinematically, The Black Balloon sticks to the coming-of-age basics, but [director] Down has a gift for conveying time and place…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Monster . (137) on 22 Mar 2009

Australian films are not my type, but this is a classic not to mention the film of the year for Aussies…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Anne O (40) on 21 Mar 2009

I was completely 'in' this film, so much so, it affected me for awhile after watching it. Laughed & cried - beautiful story…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Victoria B (130) on 20 Mar 2009

Intense, emotional and honest, sometimes brutally so…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Daniel P (2,457) on 15 Mar 2009

Excellent, makes you laugh, makes your cry. Toni Collette is truly amazing in this film. Wonderful stuff - could easily go and see this again…

Read Review

Page 5 of 13

More reviews of this movie:

Perhaps you were looking for:

Erik Thomson - Top 5 movies:

Toni Collette - Top 5 movies:

Luke Ford - Top 5 movies:

Movies you might like:

Mermaids

1990

67%434 Reviews

The 11th Hour

2007

68%509 Reviews

August Rush

2007

68%881 Reviews

Love Life

2007

43%2 Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Black Balloon

2008

71%241 Reviews

The Elephant Man

1980

83%658 Reviews

Child's Play 3

1991

50%564 Reviews

The Black Dahlia

2006

43%750 Reviews

Melinda and Melinda

2004

57%500 Reviews

Breakdown

1997

72%455 Reviews

Inferno

2016

51%996 Reviews

Blade II

2002

66%767 Reviews

Time Out of Mind

2015

59%101 Reviews

La Dolce Vita

1960

85%589 Reviews