the result is disappointingly dull, the equivalent of buying sham weed. You wait for something to happen, but... nothing; "A Million Little Pieces" is a weirdly unreflective exploration of the destructive force of addiction
the dull and generic film the Taylor-Johnsons have made from Frey's memoir; It may not have been wrong to make a straightforward adaptation of A Million Little Pieces, but this movie makes the approach seem even worse than that: It makes it seem pointles
the direction from Sam Taylor-Johnson and performance by hubby Aaron Johnson are at times intimate and imaginative, but its source material leaves the film with a void where its soul should be
it's well-intentioned and pretty, but not much else. Occasional stylistic flourish aside, it offers nothing we haven't seen before, buckling under the weight of its own conservatism
by Larushka Ivan-zadeh [Metro (UK) ]
