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Angels Crest (2011) has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Stephen Holden, New York Times: WEAK "Although the movie captures the solidarity and the beauty and peril of a rustic mountain town whose residents are necessarily interdependent, its individual subplots don't connect.... adds up to much ado about much less than meets the eye.... a film of sadly missed opportunities." (Read the full review...) 551 words, 12/30/11 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "We know the snowbound small town depicted in 'Angels Crest.' It's the same movie town we've seen many times before, with dingy mechanics' shops, barren parking lots and a greasy-spoon diner where all the clichés come together." (Read the full review...) 243 words, 12/30/11 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...depressing and airless... Catherine Trieschmann's script, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, barely scratches the potentially loaded surfaces it serves up." (Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/13/12 Sara Stewart, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "Director Gaby Dellal gets respectable performances all around [but] they can't elevate 'Angels Crest,' based on Leslie Schwartz's novel, beyond its one obvious and depressing note: It is very sad when a small child dies." (Read the full review...) 178 words, 12/30/11 Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...doesn't have a single moment of feeling that punctures the 'well-made' production... what it lacks in palpable pain, it makes up for in gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts.... Parental sorrow is a fine big theme; all that's missing here is the detail-work to humanize it." (Read the full review...) 218 words, 12/28/11
Angels Crest (2011) has not been reviewed in Key Cities
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...doesn't have a single moment of feeling that punctures the 'well-made' production... what it lacks in palpable pain, it makes up for in gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts.... Parental sorrow is a fine big theme; all that's missing here is the detail-work to humanize it." (Read the full review...) 218 words, 12/28/11 Noel Murray, AV Club: MODERATE (cg) "...has weaknesses that are tough to overcome. It relies too much on two particularly played-out indie clichés: a spare, plunky soundtrack, and a narrative structure that teases out characters' backstory far longer than necessary." (Read the full review...) 443 words, 12/29/11 Glenn Heath Jr., Slant: POOR (cg) "...unflinchingly manipulative and pointless... 'Angels Crest' and its insufferable characters make sure we know how clearly all of this heartache and suffering has been so fatefully ordained." (Read the full review...) 384 words, 12/27/11
Stephen Holden, New York Times: WEAK "Although the movie captures the solidarity and the beauty and peril of a rustic mountain town whose residents are necessarily interdependent, its individual subplots don't connect.... adds up to much ado about much less than meets the eye.... a film of sadly missed opportunities." (Read the full review...) 551 words, 12/30/11 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...depressing and airless... Catherine Trieschmann's script, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, barely scratches the potentially loaded surfaces it serves up." (Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/13/12
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: POOR "While there is a great deal of weeping and wailing going on in the town of Angels Crest, little of it is connected to a comprehensible or cohesive plot.... one has the feeling of stumbling into a soap opera, having missed all the preceding episodes." (Read the full review...) 465 words, 12/29/11 John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...observes a small snowbound community as it processes the accidental death of a 3-year-old boy. Cast and crew's investment in the story's tragedy and its ensuing moral debates is evident in every frame, but the film isn't fully successful in generating the same depth of feeling in viewers." (Read the full review...) 570 words, 04/28/11 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...depressing and airless... Catherine Trieschmann's script, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, barely scratches the potentially loaded surfaces it serves up." (Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/13/12 Stephen Holden, New York Times: WEAK "Although the movie captures the solidarity and the beauty and peril of a rustic mountain town whose residents are necessarily interdependent, its individual subplots don't connect.... adds up to much ado about much less than meets the eye.... a film of sadly missed opportunities." (Read the full review...) 551 words, 12/30/11
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