75
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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasEmerges as something rare, an issue movie that's so honest and keenly observed that it doesn't feel like one. It earns its thesis statement through minute details and a unique grasp of a commonplace problem.
- 88Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaLord knows how Holofcener got the performance she did out of Goodwin, but the child actor's Annie, rude and unmanageable, is an extraordinarily rich and complicated figure.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternLovely & Amazing goes to the heart -- and face, and skin -- of a subject that's sure to ring true with women, and may even educate men.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis trio is like a looser, funnier version of the family of wrecks in Woody Allen's ''Interiors.''
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt is at times serious and at times very funny. But it is always perceptive, and that quality, more than any other, is what makes it worth a recommendation.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)This is a fine, funny, humane film.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsBy turns cheerful, funny and melancholy, and at all times honest, Nicole Holofcener's Lovely and Amazing stands out in the current run of ensemble women's films.
- 70TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThis feels the way a lot of us are living now -- on desperation's dull yet still cutting edge.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyEngaging, intermittently insightful but too glib to wring full value out of its subject matter.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakThere is a certain poignancy to a film that metaphorically examines the stages of a woman's life through each character.