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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis low-key drama is always warm and mellow, although it doesn't build much of an emotional charge.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis cliché-filled labor of love is staffed with some fine performers - Jennifer Holliday sings at a juke joint and Frances Sternhagen plays an older version of Emily's sister.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAs earnest as its artless young characters, Tom Rice's intermittently affecting debut walks a well-trod path without finding anything very new.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceBroadway dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday's musical interludes occasionally relieve this mélange of recycled social morality lessons.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDeeply felt but flat and unimaginative.
- 30VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasAn ultra-touchy-feely race-relations, civil-rights drama as imagined by theme-park organizers, with every character painted in broad strokes in a story that eagerly tugs at every available heartstring -- and rings false at every turn.
- 30L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenAs a first-time filmmaker who juggles such duties as writing, directing, producing, even playing piano solos on the soundtrack, Rice is in over his head.
- 20The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThis misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece, in treading the line between sappy and sanguine, winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand.