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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA wise and touching film with a lot of love in it. I may have given the wrong impression: It's not entirely about drinking, it's just entirely about a drinker.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThanks to the actors and the way the movie lets them loose, it's often funny or moving at all the right moments.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerWriter-director Matt Mulhern confidently anchors his drama-comedy about an alcoholic Atlantic City pit boss with good writing and sharp dialogue. Script never treats characters as less than human.
- 60Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThis downbeat indie drama gives the leads a few excellent scenes together, and they acquit themselves credibly. But there's also a fair amount of wilted comedy from the stock supporting characters.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatLoaded with unoriginal ideas, weak comedic concepts, and underwhelming emotional climaxes, the movie is the definition of bland.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasDuane Hopwood is suffused with hangdog dreariness, equivalent to a unsoled shoe treading rainwater.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaA fairly dreadful melodrama drenched in self-pity.