Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010) by Michelle B — 20 Feb 2011

Very good drama movie, great performance of Mr. Gandolfini.

This review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010) was written by Michelle B on 20 Feb 2011.

Welcome to the Rileys has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Welcome to the Rileys

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Ingmar A (69) on 12 Jul 2013

Eu realmente gosto da forma com que o diretor conduz a história, dando contornos a trama de forma sútil e simples…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Simon Kinnear (107) for Total Film (3,532) on 18 Jan 2015

Handicapped by its paper-thin premise, even a strong cast can’t lift Jake ‘son of Ridley’ Scott’s film out of indie-by-numbers mediocrity…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Don S (1,504) on 13 Jun 2018

Between a 5/10 and 6/10, Welcome to the Rileys sets out to be a study of grief and how to overcome it, but it rings too false to offer much…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Lorie M (10) on 26 Jan 2014

So disappointing. no real resolution to the story…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Sean P (1,027) on 25 Jul 2012

Will not deny that Welcome to the Rileys is a drama only partially successful ever comes back to the difficult subject that aims to address,…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Timm S (1,294) on 25 Sep 2016

The Performance By Gandolfini Wins It All Here. A Semi-Reprise Of His Sopranos Character Archatype, The Presence He Creates Is Fantastic…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Cody L (540) on 05 Dec 2013

Quietly assured and superbly written, this is an emotionally engaging drama with a trio of terrific performances from James Gandolfini, Kristen…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By John S (2,711) on 10 Mar 2013

Don't go for the cast. Somber, dreary tale. Not believable or interesting…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Adrian B (1,364) on 13 Sep 2012

Average drama starring James Gandolfini who is a father struggling to come to terms with the death of his daughter…

Read Review

Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

By Thomas L (876) on 13 Apr 2013

It was a nice little film. outside of the sopranos, James Gandolfini is doing great in films…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Derek W (506) on 25 Nov 2008

Itryed to watch this and did not make it through. I did not enjoy it at all, so thats it…

Read Review

Review of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 04 Jan 2007

Starts off on the wrong foot with the wrong tone, then keeps stumbling and bumbling its way to a climax half the people who buy tickets will…

Read Review

Review of Baise-moi (2000)

By Eric Harrison (215) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 24 Feb 2002

Baise-Moi is like a cheapie, vintage American exploitation movie, only one that goes so far beyond the bounds of taste that its affrontiveness…

Read Review

Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Familiar S (393) on 15 Apr 2011

Indeed a very long and tedious engagement. In fact, it didn't engage me, but on the contrary, it began to bore me after a while…

Read Review

Review of Down by Law (1986)

By Aj V (1,538) on 24 Jan 2011

Yes, I did only see the beginning of this movie, but I was so bored with the beginning that I couldn't watch the rest of it…

Read Review

Review of Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

By María A (405) on 17 Feb 2012

The Rainbow Connection cast would've been better served on the set of Star Trek than on another ho-hum issue pic…

Read Review

Review of Princesses (2005)

By Marzena K (33) on 16 Feb 2008

Interesting attempt to go beyond the prostitute-sexual object cliche. Too bad it became a sweet-girl-cliche-hell…

Read Review

Review of Tarnation (2003)

By Phil Hall (302) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 05 Oct 2004

Hey, it's not every 11-year-old boy who wants to grow up to be Ellen Burstyn…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Welcome to the Rileys

2010

64%376 Reviews

Out of Sight

1998

76%539 Reviews

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

2017

63%6 Reviews

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

72%741 Reviews

Pulse

1988

49%472 Reviews

Once

2007

83%817 Reviews

Repo Men

2010

51%657 Reviews

Death Wish

1974

63%546 Reviews

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

73%359 Reviews

Earth Girls Are Easy

1988

50%414 Reviews