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Metascore
14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThis terminal illness tale rises above the form, mainly thanks to a stellar cast and a refusal to drift into maudlin, a film that saves its big emotions for a wrenching finale that it earns.
- 50Slant MagazineNick PriggeSlant MagazineNick PriggeGarrett Hedlund's performance throbs with an anguish that's far more honest than the sentimental euthanasia subplot at the center of the film.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartWriter/director Andrew Levitas needlessly pads this captivating theme with over-used tropes.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattA raft of fine actors – including Amy Adams, Richard Jenkins, and Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay – are wasted in a sour, callow family drama that mistakes constant yelling for emotional tension and fortune-cookie aphorisms for wisdom.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThis feature debut deals mainly in clichés, never transforming the tough question at its center into compelling cinema.
- 40New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsSadly, Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard are wasted in tiny parts, as is Amy Adams as the lost love of the sulky rocker.
- Lullaby is a small movie, but it slows down enough to accommodate plenty of self-indulgence.
- 10Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerRarely has the terminal seemed as interminable as it does in Lullaby.