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Metascore
31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigA bittersweet relationship drama with enough honest emotion and gentle humor to move even the steeliest heart.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterSlick, well-packaged emotional drama.
- 70L.A. WeeklyRon StringerL.A. WeeklyRon StringerThe final revelation which, however anticipated, however contrived, stings just enough to make it feel like life.
- 60VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellSelf-consciously mannered yet fitfully interesting, Around the Bend gets the most mileage it can from the eccentric, low-key charisma of Christopher Walken.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe story is spotty, but the acting is fine, especially when Walken is around.
- Gentlemen, it's a male chick flick - "The Dirty Secrets of the Ya-Ya Brotherhood."
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghAn awkward amalgam of road movie, buddy comedy and melodramatic conventions, first-time writer-director Jordan Roberts' male weepie ricochets between affecting scenes and insufferably maudlin ones.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIt's the showy story, script, and even staging that wear a fella out in this relentlessly precious feature debut by writer-director Jordan Roberts.
- 40The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisA heavily padded, thinly conceived, well-meaning movie.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceVeers deep into male-weepie territory.