Rotten
What begins as an absorbing exercise in glum atmosphere turns mild, meek, and desperate as the stakes rise.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Overview
A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A modest, uneven example of regional American independent film. But it has tremendous heart and integrity...
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Rotten
Emotionally manipulative and problematic...
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Doesn't miss many cliches of small-town, working-class, going-nowhere life.
Mike Hale, New York Times
Rotten
Implausibilities mount, and by the last act Lerner appears to have lost any compunction he might have had about using his protagonist to tug the audience's heartstrings.
Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice
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