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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 24 Aug 2016

The Hollars feels so painfully familiar and so dramatically undernourished that even the great Margo Martindale can only do so much with this…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 24 Aug 2016

Familiar elements are still made enjoyable by a winning ensemble led by Krasinski himself…

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By Elise Nakhnikian (118) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Aug 2016

The film's ruefully honest tone is periodically drowned out by the blare of stagey coincidences…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for The New York Times (9,847) on 24 Aug 2016

Too much happens too quickly in The Hollars for the story to be credible, but the film has some likable qualities, among them the fun of seeing…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 24 Aug 2016

John Krasinski directed and stars in The Hollars, which belongs to a genre I rather like: the small family comedy about the city kid who comes…

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By Simi Horwitz (83) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 24 Aug 2016

Familiar and predictable family drama with several fine performances that regrettably cannot save the dreary material…

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By Dominick Mayer (133) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 24 Aug 2016

The Hollars deals in weighty personal tragedies, and yet neither the treacly, offbeat humor nor the moments of more straightforward pathos…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 23 Aug 2016

These people are flawed and human, short-tempered and sometimes silly. But they're good to each other. They're understanding of each other…

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By Abbey Bender (99) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Aug 2016

The Hollars has some heart, but far too much of it is clouded over by an overwhelming atmosphere of cutesiness…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for Den of Geek (424) on 21 Aug 2016

A pleasant enough experience in which you should easily be able to find someone or something to relate to in it…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 21 Aug 2016

The Hollars certainly doesn't rewrite hometown drama, but Krasinski's bright directorial personality is enough to avoid a generic, forgettable fate…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 21 Aug 2016

One minute Richard Jenkins is emphatically crying over his wife's illness, which is apparently a running gag…

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By Adam Chitwood (59) for Collider (1,032) on 23 Feb 2016

It's nothing new, and it falls short of profundity, but it's emotionally genuine, warmly funny, and charming as all get-out. Sometimes, that's enough…

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By Dan Mecca (208) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 19 Feb 2016

Krasinski appears to know exactly the kind of movie he’s making, elevating familiar material to a level that feels real and bittersweet…

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By Nigel M. Smith (79) for Guardian (4,584) on 30 Jan 2016

A mawkish family comedy, intent to please, The Hollars plays like an extended sitcom…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 29 Jan 2016

Feels more like the first draft of what will eventually become a much better movie…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 29 Jan 2016

It’s not that [Krasinski] fails, or that his film isn’t desperately charming as it goes about its business, but this is very familiar American…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 29 Jan 2016

This one is straight out of the old-school Sundance manual…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Nerd Report (100) on 27 Jan 2016

The Hollars wants a medal for expressing its feelings but it seriously lacks perspective on what it's characters' fundamental problems really are…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Jan 2016

Krasinki’s film remains resolutely resistant to surprise in style or story terms…

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