Ben Is Back
critic Reviews
, 81% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Refreshingly understated, Ben Is Back subverts family drama stereotypes - and provides a forum for terrific performances from Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreUdita JhunjhunwalaThe Quint
For all its good intentions, Ben Is Back is at most a satisfactory watch, but a remarkable showcase for both Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
A gripping entertainment that gets across worthwhile truths about contemporary strains of an ancient disease.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
When Julia Roberts is good, she's really good.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreElla KempLittle White Lies
The astonishing chemistry makes you wonder how long Julia Roberts had secretly been Lucas Hedges' mother without telling anyone.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
The material feels more like a play than a film, its drama shrunk down into a single, digestible day, but it's affecting in its muted seriousness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCath ClarkeThe Big Issue
This is one of those rare Hollywood movies that keeps you guessing, where you don't see the ending coming 20 minutes in.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDan SareenVague Visages
Even if Ben is Back tries a little too hard to ramp up the stakes, the fact remains that Hedges and Roberts’ performances make for an incredibly powerful on-screen relationship.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreM.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
Hedges’ film never quite reaches Rachel Getting Married-like heights, but the fine first half is worth your time, even if the uneven second half delves into conventional territory.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJason AdamsMy New Plaid Pants
Its hard turn into strange caper territory just ends up reading as facile, and unbecoming toward the emotional truths it starts straining for
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreOlly RichardsNME (New Musical Express)
...even when it stretches credibility it always has Roberts to steady it. This is the heftiest role she's had this decade and she is so powerfully great that it makes you hope the next decade will see her on screen a lot more.
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