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Tallulah
Positive Reviews
33
Negative reviews
8
Average Rating
3.2
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3.8
In its greatest achievement, the writing and directing of Tallulah articulates the intangible sacrifice and stresses of motherhood.
Rogerebert
4.0
This engaging indie drama is rife with moral ambiguity and flawed but likable characters that will be best appreciated by older teens and adults.
Common Sense Media
3.5
Page is simply superb in a complex role that perfectly plays to her gift for balancing deadpan comedy with surprisingly deep emotional reserves.
Variety
3.0
Had the films story been told over a dozen or so hours of character interaction and narrative development, Tallulah would likely have offered a more g ..
We Got This Covered
4.0
Theyre given more room to explore that connection in Tallulah, Sian Heders deeply felt feature writing/directing debut, that finds Janney once again p ..
The Guardian
1.3
Janney and Page extract a few genuinely moving moments from the clunky script.
1.5
Not quite magical realist farce, not quite gritty drama, Tallulah carves out a small, but well deserved space in the indie drama category thanks to it ..
Collider
3.5
But Tallulahs strength, quite like its central protagonist, is in its inexactness.
Collider
3.5
However, that obviousness wont hurt its crossover potential one jot, and for a low budget indie debut, this has bags of Juno style commercial potentia ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
The story in Tallulah sometimes strains credulity, but its beautifully told and acted three women and a baby, everyone except the baby in need of clar ..
The New York Times
3.5
Heders unconventional debutpart drama, part comedy, and part thrillerchanges rhythms frequently and without warning.
Paste Magazine
3.0
Tallulah, the feature debut from Orange is the New Black writer Sian Heder, is an interesting character led comedy, trapped inside an unoriginal issue ..
Telegraph
2.0
Themes of motherhood, abandonment, loss, family and female identity are plumbed to their depths in Sian Heders feature directorial debut, Tallulah.
2.5
Heders purpose here is clearly worth exploring, and somewhere in all of this, there is a very powerful film.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
Tallulah is easily one of the underdog films of the year and was entertaining from beginning to end.
The Young Folks
3.5
With no one and nothing to fall back on, Lu follows him there and meets Carolyn (Tammy Blanchard, who is also wonderful), a married wack job.
Ny Daily News
4.0
There is an edge to Margo that softens, but this is not a predictable feel good story about people learning to love.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Orange Is the New Black scribe Sian Heder makes her directorial debut with the sympathetic indie, a maternal character study that loses its way as it ..
Village Voice
3.1
Smartly cast and well acted melodrama the sort of movie Netflix should be making.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
Although it welcomes viewers with moments of quirk and comforting catharsis, the feature is actually quite disturbing, challenging Heder to locate a w ..
Blu Ray
3.8
It never goes over the top into goopy sentimentality, and if any tears are produced, they are earned.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
Robin Clifford Laura Clifford Tallulah (Ellen Paige) is a homeless but free spirited young woman living out of her van and relying on dumpster diving ..
3.5
Heder has delivered a flawed, promising first film, one with its heart, if not always its head, in the right place.
The Wrap
1.0
Tallulah, a sludgy kidnapping drama that manages to be hopelessly contrived and hopelessly boring at the same time, marks yet another failed effort by ..
New York Post
3.0
Weve been nothing but honest and sincere to everyone weve ever encountered.
Hindustan Times
3.0
The absence of strong narrative through line makes the film feel diffuse and overstuffed, like a television season crammed into a two hour window.But ..
Npr
3.5
An initial foray into magic realism also feels at odds with the rest of the action, although Heder ultimately stays true to the idea in a way many wil ..
Eye For Film
1.5
Ellen Page, who played a pregnant teen in Juno, goes fantastically further in a new tale of accidental motherhood.
Time
3.0
When forced to come to a conclusion, the films plotting falters thanks to overly convenient timing and a complete transformation into thriller mode.
The Film Stage
3.8
The theater deserves your support and so do the films lead actresses.
Boston Globe
4.0
Despite some seemingly extraordinary coincidences, Heder makes the story work and Paige turns in one of her best performances since, well, she played ..
Uproxx
3.0
Tallulah is an impressive feature debut, and a welcome showcase for the talents of Page, Janney, and Blanchard.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
The film is nicely structured, gently witty, and it boasts an excellent cast
The Atlantic
3.5
But every time it seems that Tallulah is swerving into conventional Hallmark movie territory, Heder does something unexpected.
The Atlantic
2.0
Tallulah is a great example of a women led movie with plenty of social substance and earthy grit.
Coles Mithey
2.0
Perhaps all this melodrama and deeply flawed anti heroism makes it sound like Tallulah will be a heart wrenching watch.
Pajiba
4.0
The film boats a trio of stand out performances from its talented female cast and offers poignancy, humour and drama in equal measure.
Hey U Guys
3.5
Beautifully acted and sensitively written, Heders film is a wistful pleasure.
Vanity Fair
4.4
Its a first rate performance in one of the better adult dramas of the year. 12 Netflix presents a film written and directed by Sian Heder.
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
Its a mess of a movie, but that may just be the key to its occasional greatness.
Flavor Wire
3.5
Tallulah marks Sian Heders feature directorial debut, and its indicative of a great many things to come.
Under The Radar Mag
4.0
I keep waiting for her to play a role thats uninteresting.Its looking like a long wait.
reason
3.5
With a dramatic chase and a few dreamlike touches, Tallulah manages to balance its tricky tonal shifts until the final few scenes, when the film seemi ..
M Tv
2.5
But Tallulah tackles so many big themes and is so stuffed with characters and ideas that it all could use more breathing room; Carolyns arc in particu ..
Sf Weekly
2.5
Its those performances that allow the film to shine past its weaker elements namely a script that too often cuts corners to get characters from one cr ..
Cambridge Day
3.0
So this indie film is merely adopting an old studio screenwriting gimmick.
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