Review of You Can Count on Me (2000) by Patrick Y — 22 Jul 2012

Nice little character piece but slow and slightly depressing.

This review of You Can Count on Me (2000) was written by Patrick Y on 22 Jul 2012.

You Can Count on Me has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of You Can Count on Me

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Cameron H (305) on 11 May 2017

If Kenneth Lonergan were only a good director, I would still take away his finesse for economy…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Bonnie K (28) on 31 Jul 2015

One of my top 10 favorite movies ever. Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, and Matthew Broderick just kill it in this movie. Especially Ruffalo…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Elgan D (601) on 15 Jan 2015

They think that Mark Ruffalo best performances are in The kids are all right and Foxcather, but for me it's this one…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Jordan F (406) on 08 Mar 2015

Great story, lots of depth. Great performances around the board, even from Rory Culkin. Tells a heart felt story about life and it's complexities…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Nick M (1,532) on 23 Feb 2014

Is this a great movie? No. But it stands out in our ocean of cynicism and bile. See it and rejoice in simple things…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Peter Brunette (102) for Film.com (1,892) on 05 Jul 2012

One of the best pictures I've seen all year. Funny, touching, even inspiring at times…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Gavin Smith (15) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 09 Apr 2018

Unusually sharp editing is the first hint that in fact it's a superior, acutely observed comedy-drama about family ties and the struggle to…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Yanti A (18) on 03 Jul 2013

This is definitely one of those movies I love to see. family movie with messy characters in it…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Felipe F (595) on 29 May 2016

Simple and honest, Ken Lonergan delivers a sensitive, warm and touching film about the relationship between two siblings as they try to find…

Read Review

Review of You Can Count on Me (2000)

By Pat M (244) on 22 Mar 2015

I thought it was ok, you don't require a lot of energy to watch this one, some people might like it more, but I did think the percentage on…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Five Easy Pieces (1970)

By Ray D (227) on 05 Mar 2017

The kind of movie where a person wanders about aimlessly and acts like an idiot, all presented as an introspective think piece, Five Easy Pieces…

Read Review

Review of Tomato Red (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Feb 2017

A film that's like a lost and wandering tourist, in need of a map, and, ultimately, a fast exit…

Read Review

Review of Taking Woodstock (2009)

By Commentscomments (4) on 30 Aug 2009

This was a lazy, charmless, unfocused, first draft of a movie, with an unusual axe to grind against old jews, upstate locals, avant garde theater…

Read Review

Review of Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)

By Connor G (714) on 10 Apr 2010

I dont no why I watched it cuz I dont like the show…

Read Review

Review of Two Brothers (2001)

By Arthur N (36) on 26 May 2009

With such a low budget,this film is surely impressive,really ironic comparing with those high costs Razzies…

Read Review

Review of Dragonwyck (1946)

By Kelly C (294) on 17 Dec 2008

WTF? This movie is seriously messed up. Filled with incest and killing your wife because she doesn't bare a son (daughters don't count)…

Read Review

Review of Cedar Boys (2009)

By Ryan L (1,187) on 15 Sep 2009

Not sure what all the fuss on this movie is about, especially the audience award at Sydney…

Read Review

Review of The Tenants (1987)

By Nakita S (4) on 19 Jul 2009

Don't waste your time!! This movie was boo,boo. Garbage…

Read Review

Review of The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)

By Evan K (781) on 31 Dec 2010

1 star for having a plot that could actually happen and not unyielding the the strains of reality…

Read Review

Review of Close to Leo (2002)

By Philip N (179) on 11 Jul 2008

Christoph Honore's earlier work. An (personal) emotional relief rather than a proper narrative…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

You Can Count on Me

2000

80%422 Reviews

Trouble with the Curve

2012

65%795 Reviews

Harry Brown

2009

67%685 Reviews

Hell House

2001

64%109 Reviews

Mulan

1998

79%791 Reviews

Sarah's Key

2010

70%413 Reviews

Three Kings

1999

76%674 Reviews

Invincible

2001

66%493 Reviews

Mimic

1997

58%479 Reviews

Fall Time

1995

50%14 Reviews