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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatAlan NgFilm ThreatAlan NgAs They Made Us shines because of its cast.
- 71TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiAs They Made Us is a very forgiving film about seemingly unforgivable pain, which is to say that it has been made with a lot of unconditional love.
- 70The New York TimesLisa KennedyThe New York TimesLisa KennedyEven with veterans like Hoffman and Bergen, it’s Agron’s film. She and Bialik make Abigail’s filial loyalty as sympathetic as it is exasperating, and as rife with difficult truths about aging as it is understatedly hopeful about growing up.
- 63RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireAs They Made Us is clearly a personal debut effort for Bialik, but she shows enough confidence behind the camera to make you curious about whatever other stories she has to tell.
- 60VarietyTomris LafflyVarietyTomris LafflyDespite an eager-to-please ending that tries too hard to redeem the elderly Frays, Bialik’s movie still offers up hope, humor and above all, keen observations on grief in the wake of those who’ve damaged us in ways both tangible and veiled.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe dialogue in As They Made Us rings authentic and the performances are universally strong, but there’s a dour air to the proceedings, and we wind up thinking Abigail would have been better off if she, too, had left home the moment it was possible and had never looked back.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussThe film is worth watching thanks to a flawless central performance by “Glee” alum Dianna Agron, solid elder annoyance shtick from Candice Bergen and Dustin Hoffman, and Bialik’s “Big Bang Theory” co-star Simon Helberg locating his pain and relishing every minute of it.