Fresh
While the movie is rather predictable and has a few moments that are just too heartwarming, there are scenes that are both moving and humorous.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
A young woman, struggling with the direction of her life, spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
How About You is based on a Maeve Binchy story about the residents of an Irish retirement home.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
Never underestimate the value of slight but charming flicks like Anthony Bryne's How About You.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Anthony Byrne's lazy drama is insulting to just about everyone, including Maeve Binchy, who wrote the short story on which it was based.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
A good scolding and a toke on a joint: that's all it takes to turn the curmudgeonly old folks in How About You into goofy pussycats.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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