Every Day 2010

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Very well written and acted, Every Day feels like a glorified television drama softened with comic and surreal trimmings, with a mildly upbeat ending appended. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Schreiber approaches the role with a seriousness that lacks joy or any other colorful inflection, as if every second of his character's life, even the pleasurable ones, is weighing on him like an albatross. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: There are sharp moments throughout. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: It's hard to empathize with the family in the indie drama Every Day when each member is so sitcom-ready. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: What makes this intriguing, yet woefully uneven film so relatable is that there is nothing about Ned's experience that seems extreme. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It's a recognizable situation that should be easy to sympathize with. Yet the movie makes it hard for most of us to recognize ourselves in this couple or sympathize with their struggles. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Real life isn't choreographed for maximum impact, it's messy and unpredictable. At its best, so is "Every Day." Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: A 42-minute TV soap has more story than this limp and familiar tale of domestic woe. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Every Day is too relentlessly depressing to recommend to the everyday audience. It seems to be on automatic pilot. Horrible, sad things keep happening, but it just goes on. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Ace thesps struggle to lift this dour indie out of the doldrums, but writer-director Richard Levine allows them no breathing room. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: What distinguishes Levine's film from, say, last year's similarly themed (and irredeemable) Happy Tears is his cast -- and not just reliable vets like Schreiber. Read more