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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe sunny, soap-and-water characters and thoroughly upbeat message may not be the stuff great films are made of, but in Jackie & Ryan the modesty of the story, the simple story-telling and honest emotions all come together in a satisfying whole.
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe heartland drama Jackie & Ryan may prove too low-key and deliberately paced for less patient viewers, but distinct pleasures are to be had from this compactly shot film's easy rhythms, affecting tone and nicely modulated performances.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIt uses a terrific score of bluegrass and old-timey songs, many of them written by Nick Hans, to underscore the connection and to evoke a fundamental American spirit epitomized by traveling musicians with banjos, fiddles and guitars.
- 60The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloThere’s not much to Jackie & Ryan, which is what almost makes it something special.
- 50HitfixHitfixJackie & Ryan is, in the final analysis, perfectly serviceable cotton candy.
- 50The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangJackie & Ryan is supposedly all about learning how to git where ya gotta go, but none of the characters start or end in particularly interesting places.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film comes undone in its clumsy attempts to transform its story into a parable of economic distress.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreHeigl’s performance is more brittle, kind of her signature but also required in playing a woman going through a divorce. She has rarely given a bad performance, even if the films she picked were failures.
- 40CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleDespite its manifold flaws, Jackie & Ryan is still oddly watchable.