My Old Lady 2014

Andrew Barker, Variety: The film never manages to transcend its actors-workshop aura and develop into something deeper. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: There's a potentially compelling movie here about the price that children pay-over entire lifetimes-for their parents' selfish indulgences, but it winds up smothered in feel-good cuteness. Read more

Penny Walker, Arizona Republic: One finds oneself wishing to spend many a dinner with Smith and Kline as conversation partners, as their banter is both humorous and razor-edged. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: The expected twinkle never really leaves "My Old Lady," but it certainly goes through some rough times along the way. And the film is all the more interesting as a result. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Whatever qualms one might have about the tidy parallels in its characters' emotional breakthroughs, it should be warmly greeted by grown-up moviegoers seeking adult but not overly weighty material. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: "My Old Lady" certainly has satisfactions, but they are incomplete ones. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: What starts as an elaborate sitcom becomes an emotionally substantial tragicomedy. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: This is a promising premise and the cast is certainly game. But it's as if the actors are emoting into a canyon - or, more accurately, a narrow hallway. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: The performances go a long way toward camouflaging the screenplay's clunky mechanics. Mr. Kline's performance, in particular, infuses a story of father-son strife with emotional heat. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Kline's character is an alcoholic and not exactly lovable, but we come to empathize. Smith, the grande dame of British theater and film, is wickedly wry and quick. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: "My Old Lady" is affecting, even if many of the revelations and high-voltage speeches occur at predictable moments. But if you can look past this formulaic side, it's a movie worth seeing. Read more

Claude Peck, Minneapolis Star Tribune: If sad, fearful adult lives wrecked by depression, divorce, disappointment, adultery, addiction and family dysfunction are your thing, "My Old Lady" is pour vous. Read more

Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Kline has fun with the role, but the plot's dark turn and heavy-handed message make "My Old Lady" more bitter than sweet. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail: My Old Lady feels as stubbornly stuck in that expansive and underlit apartment as Madame Girard herself, and you may find yourself bolting for a lungful of relief. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: One minute we're chuckling along with a broadly comic setup; the next, characters are talking about suicide. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: The setup might seem familiar and charming, but this film's payoffs come from unexpected places and require an audience's willingness to travel down some dark and rocky paths. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: It's too twee and theatrical to take seriously. Read more

Abby Garnett, Village Voice: Anyone who's not profiting directly from this arrangement won't want to stick around to hash out the details. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: Horovitz may have made a questionable decision in adapting this particular play for the screen, but his casting was flawless. Read more