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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghDirector Gary Winick ("Sweet Nothing") ingeniously complements Draper's layered approach by modulating the film's energy in fascinating ways.
- 75Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyThe little film is made uniquely engaging by the performance of its young star, Chris Marquette.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamIf it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsHas the schematic feel of a disease-of-the-week TV movie, but the connections made between jazz and the minds that produce it turns the film into something much more intimate and compelling.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBadly lit and at times, awkwardly inspirational, yet there's real feeling in it, especially when the movie suggests that Tourette's syndrome is every bit as pure an expression of the spirit as it is a ''disorder.''
- 63Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisWorks better as a sociological study than as a gripping drama.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanAn honest, plainspoken and unsentimental movie.
- 60Village VoiceAmy TaubinVillage VoiceAmy TaubinA sympathetic but conventional disease-of-the-week movie.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenLike most movies that examine specific ailments, this gawky, occasionally touching film has the feel of a dramatized case history whose purpose is to educate as much as it is to tell a story.
- 50L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmWhat at first seems emotionally charged, ultimately comes off as contrived.