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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 26 Aug 2016

Overstuffed, undercooked and corny despite its stellar cast. It's almost as cringe-worthy, clunky and painfully contrived as The Family Stone…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 26 Aug 2016

Woefully inauthentic, milquetoast as a mild breeze and far too tidy for any of its sweeping resolutions to have even the faintest hint of staying…

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By Boston B (3) on 25 Aug 2016

Wonderful movie…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 25 Aug 2016

Uneven dysfunction dramedy benefits from strong cast…

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By Bernard Boo (61) for PopMatters (2,617) on 25 Aug 2016

Krasinski demonstrates a real knack for getting his actors to gel and flow and do their jobs well…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for Nerdist (550) on 25 Aug 2016

Though he's collected a pretty stellar ensemble, Krasinski's execution lacks nuance, leaning hard into theatrical performances that undercut…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 Aug 2016

Just good enough to make you wish that it were better…

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By Joe Dziemianowicz (76) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Aug 2016

The cast, led by John Krasinski, who doubles as director, has its own fight against the lame and contrived script by Jim Strouse…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 24 Aug 2016

John Krasinski’s second feature has such a milquetoast, melancholy-indie sound that its most arresting and dynamic musical moment comes when…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 24 Aug 2016

John Krasinski, as actor and director, tackles the most clichéd genre in the movie business — the dysfunctional family dramedy…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Aug 2016

Strouse’s deft script and Krasinki’s game direction upend a host of familiar moments in ways that are fresh and unexpected — if sometimes…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) 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 Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 24 Aug 2016

A gooey morass of indie-movie clichés, the wacky-family dramedy The Hollars marks yet another egregiously cutesy attempt to rekindle that…

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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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