I can’t say for certain what inspired me to rent this. Sometimes you put fifteen things on your Netflix queue at two in the morning and then, 9 months later, it’s in your mailbox. Anyway, what starts out as a solid, understated Tender Mercies-type film slowly but surely devolves into standard Hollywood schmaltz. And far-fetched schmaltz at that. Not terrible, but certainly not good.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.