Fireflies in the Garden Reviews

Movie Reviews

• the camera never lingers and the written word is all a character has to convey its reason for being

  by Diego Costa [Slant Magazine ]

• that place where unlucky movies are symbolically held until they're sprung upon the public

  by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]

• self-conscious framing and overly dramatic lighting prove further affectations

  by Nick Schager [Village Voice ]

• it's using bad storytelling, specifically by aiming for slice-of-life realism

  Review rate : D by Todd Gilchrist [The Playlist ]

• is the movie perfect? Far from it

  by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]

• is admittedly mawkish overall, but it tends to operate in a low key

  Review rate : C by William Goss [Film.com ]

• has appealing actors you want to spend time with, and it's pretty in a soothing

  by Manohla Dargis [New York Times ]

• gives the grimmer realities a sort of American Gothic portraiture style that quietly echoes the pathos of the piece

  by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]

• for reasons that might be called philosophical

  by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]

• covering familiar ground laid out in many disgruntled family sagas

  by Brian Orndorf [Blu Ray ]

• comes off as increasingly unpleasant as the film goes on

  Review rate : C+ by Alison Willmore [AV Club ]

• all in a failed effort to make a point about confronting pain in person, not in writing

  by Matt Pais [RedEye ]

• actors are all capable, but they seem to drop in and out of the timeline as required

  by Roger Ebert [Chicago Sun-Times ]

• a dispiriting rehash of dysfunctional family cliches

  by Lou Lumenick [New York Post ]

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