A Bag of Hammers Reviews
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Genre : Drama, Comedy
Release Date : May 11, 2012
MPAA Rating : -
Duration : 87 minute(s)
Production Budget : -
Studio : MPI Media Group
Official Site : http://abagofhammers.com/
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yet the film has an earnest quality that asserts itself more and more as it sputters along
Review rate : B-
by Scott Tobias [AV Club ]
worse still, the film is not true to its own convictions
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
the shift between quirky comedy and emotionally scarred drama doesn't really work out, but A Bag of Hammers remains fairly light
by Alison Willmore [Movieline ]
the real scam was the filmmakers tricking Rebecca Hall (and a cameoing Amanda Seyfried) into participating in this blunt instrument of an indie
by Nick Schager [Time Out New York ]
the portraits of beleaguered lower-income people by Ms. Hall and especially Ms. Preston lend the movie its only dramatic traction
by Andy Webster [New York Times ]
the performances, ranging from improvisational to seriously disciplined and coupled with the overall pleasing characters, make this film very easy to watch
by Maryann Koopman Kelly [Paste Magazine ]
the deadpan visual style is straight out of the indie playbook
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]
isn’t out to change the world. But it does capture the sense of what happens when our world does change, in ways that bigger
by Marshall Fine [Hollywood & Fine ]
doesn't take terribly seriously
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post ]
co-written by Sandvig, Hammers seems unaware of the dubiousness of its flippant-young-felons-gone-good conceit; despite taking a sharp turn into maudlin
by Michelle Orange [Village Voice ]