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Terri
2012
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Terri
Positive Reviews
75
Negative reviews
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3.5
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1.5
Hes a sweet, smart kid, but hes sullen, and frequently tardy, which doesnt get the teachers on his side.
Av Club
3.0
Jacobs is less assured with actors; the performances in Terri are all good, but they lurch from mumbly to excited without much between.
Av Club
3.0
But the slow, shambling road to the emotional payoff is dubiously, arbitrarily quirk filled.
EW
5.0
It demonstrates how films can engage us in human life, rather than mocking it.
Rogerebert
3.0
This band of strong, fascinating characters overcomes the otherwise awkward combination of script elements.
Common Sense Media
4.5
The helmers style, which finds poetry in cluttered, overgrown environments and potentially embarrassing situations, is perfectly suited to the materia ..
Variety
3.5
The film is truly funny and offers some real strong performances.
We Got This Covered
1.5
Terri has a kind of lumbering grace thats intriguing to watch yet ultimately unknowable.
Austin Chronicle
3.1
But the films ultimate reassurances still feel a bit hedged, even in its sweet final observation of the ambling Wysockis sunlit face.
3.8
Terri turns out to be a small masterpiece of misdirection, a winsome, utterly unpredictable portrait of adolescence that flawlessly captures its cruel ..
4.5
When we first meet Terri (newcomer Jacob Wysocki), a large chubby teenager, hes naked in the bathtub an iconic portrait of an adolescent outcast.
Screen Daily
4.5
While the slow building delicate approach may alienate mainstream audiences expecting the old conventions of the genre, the film ultimately pays deepl ..
Screen Daily
4.5
Loneliness is a deeply ingrained condition that doesnt disappear when a pretty girl gives you the time of day.
Collider
3.5
Its charms feel somewhat calculated, but this reflective tale of outsider solitude has enough humor and poignancy to win admirers.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Its a role that could have been easily played for laughs, but Reilly manages to make us believe in the characters good intentions despite Mr. Fitzgera ..
4.0
On the surface, the semi rural area and the high school setting where the film unfolds might seem night and day different from the urban world of Jaco ..
3.8
This modest comedy drama declines to take the easy way out, unlike many examples of the genre.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Far from being the invisible Mr. Cellophane as he sang about in his Oscar nominated turn in Chicago Reilly is a serious marvel in almost everything he ..
Ny Daily News
3.8
But at his best, especially during a weird yet suspenseful climax, director Azazel Jacobs has the gift of making the brutally real seem intensely surr ..
The Globe And Mail
3.0
The movie makes no concession to conventional, Hollywood storytelling, and at times seems to have little structure at all.
Philly
3.8
It is painful, it is funny, and it marks the remarkable debut of Wysocki.
Philly
4.0
Azazel Jacobs directs this appealing character driven drama and gives it a fresh mix of comedy, pathos, and emotional clout.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
A droll, understated, appealing coming of age tale...that demands patience but rewards it as well.
One Guys Opinion
3.5
The cast is spirited, the premise is honest, and the direction is sufficiently skillful to obscure most of the platitudes inherent in the material.
Village Voice
2.5
Director Azazel Jacobs and writer Patrick DeWitt give us a a slow SLOW and somewhat morose tale that isnt remotely funny or profound enough to sustain ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
Jacobs pic might not be the most profound, but its enjoyable, humorous, thoughtful, earnest and it has a feel for what its like to be an adolescent ge ..
Sover
3.1
The problem is, a lot of the movie feels forced and unnatural, almost to the degree of being more fable than contemporary drama.There are good moments ..
ReelViews
3.5
His performance as a shambling but cagey high school principal is among the many pleasures of this emotionally acute indie comedy by Azazel Jacobs (Mo ..
Chicago Reader
2.0
However, if you are tired of Transformers and superhero flicks and want something of more substance and feeling, then give Terri a try.
2.0
However, if you are tired of Transformers and superhero flicks and want something of more substance and feeling, then give Terri a try.
2.5
The filmmakers overuse of shaky camerawork and rapid fire editing is exacerbated by the movies distressing lack of actual violence, with the bloodless ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
The Terri/Heather relationship could have taken a million awful paths in the hands of a less competent filmmaker Jacobs collaborated on Patrick Dewitt ..
The Wrap
3.0
The result is that the film isnt quite as emotionally satisfying overall as it should have been, not least because it more or less cops out of what se ..
View London
3.0
From a psychological standpoint, this is murky territory but Jacobs presents it as the height of enlightenment a confluence of two damaged souls.
Cs Monitor
3.1
The films attempt at a sort of beautiful anguish works best in its middle section.
New York Post
1.5
Bratton staggers and dribbles in a stereotypical portrait of aged infirmity.
Film Journal International ..
4.0
But Terri, the title character and protagonist, and the supporting characters are nothing like what youve seen in a typical teen sex romp.
Az Central
3.1
Can you stand one more quirky, low budget independent movie about a high school castaway.If its from Azazel Jacobs, maybe you should.
Boston
4.5
Against pretty tall odds, Azazel Jacobs Terri turns out to be a very good movie with a great deal of charm.
Mountain X
4.5
Theres reason to be skeptical of Sundance hits like Terri: You cant throw a snowball in Park City without hitting an earnest dramedy about teenage ecc ..
Npr
4.4
Its a supporting role, yet its the linchpin of the whole richly funny, exquisitely sad film.
Star Tribune
5.0
The correct one is: What have you done, children, to deserve Miss Halsey
New Yorker
3.1
It is one of a handful of recent American indies announcing a remarkable and nervy sensibility.
Chicago Tribune
2.0
Jacob Wysockis one note performance certainly doesnt make the character any easier to relate to, and its a big reason why the film is lacking in emoti ..
Bullz-Eye
3.0
Terri is an enjoyable coming of age film with standout performances by Wysocki and Reilly.
Blogs Indie Wire
4.0
Wysocki and Reilly have a wonderful off kilter chemistry, and even if Mr. Fitzgerald isnt quite inspirational, the movie, in all its painfully funny h ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Terri is a teen centric comedy that dares to be thought provoking and disturbing while still providing a clever filter of honest humor.
Coles Mithey
3.1
Though Terri doesnt have the reassuring clarity of a straight path from starting block to finish line, its fits and starts are pretty good.
Groucho Reviews
3.8
But this film is not that film.At its most basic, Terri simply isnt that extreme.
Nj
4.5
Terri distinguishes itself and its director by rising above almost all the cliches suggested by its overly familiar subject matter.
Movie Habit
2.0
It sets out to be something different than your standard teenage fare, and in this sense it also breaks away from some of the more independent slacker ..
7M Pictures
3.8
With sensitivity, and a unique protagonist bestowed with a proud, unshakable spirit, the movie abandons snarky black comedy for deeper existential tru ..
Film School Rejects
4.4
Quietly heartbreaking ... Breaks down notions of age and status and turns the world into a big mess of people just trying to get by one moment at a ti ..
Red Eye Chicago
4.4
Terri is a challenging but rewarding throwback to a time when independent films werent just stepping stones on the road to Hollywood.
Stl Today
3.5
While Wysocki is the heart and soul of the movie, giving a performance well beyond his years, it is Reilly who is the life force that propels the film ..
Stl Today
2.5
But these are relationships that seem better in concept than in execution.
Hollywood And Fine
4.4
Now then, before you start groaning to yourself Not another outsider flick, you should know that co writer and director Azazel Jacobs Terri is one of ..
4.2
At a running time of 1 hour and 38 minutes, Larry Crowne is an excruciatingly contrived, bland and asinine romantic comedy that lacks both romance and ..
Nyc Movie Guru
4.0
Its just a simple slice of life that youll appreciate having experienced.
Shockya
3.5
At first it certainly seems to bear the traits of an outcast coming of age genre exercise.
Film Comment
3.5
Its success is the result of a curious and curiously good central portrayal; we know Wysocki, with his deep voice and mature tone, is not 15 years old ..
What Culture
3.0
Lifes a mess dude, he assures a despondent Terri, but were all just doing the best we can, a simple but honest message, for a simple but honest film.
The Skinny
3.1
Leisurely paced and plot challenged, its too unique and kindhearted to be outright disliked, but its not the kind of film you can get too close to, ei ..
No La
4.4
Its thrilling, jarring stuff and none of it is presented with a traditional narrative and easy answers.
Scene Stealers
3.0
But Terri tells Mr. Fitzgerald that Heather wasnt exactly a willing participant, saving her from expulsion, and ends up one of the few people who does ..
Dvd Talk
5.0
Tom Hanks may not be Americas finest screen actor, but hes got statuettes that say otherwise.
Wsj
3.5
A story that quietly captures both the general horror and the faint possibility of hope that distinguish teenage life.
Jam! Movies
4.5
I think younger people are really appreciative when you treat them like human beings.
3.8
Terri is subtle, sweet, and eccentric, and marks Jacobs, who earlier succeeded with Mamas Man (2008), as an independent filmmaker of formidable talent ..
Boston Phoenix
4.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
3.0
Terri may be strange, but its a good, heartfelt strange that resonates long after the film ends.
Detroit News
3.0
A patiently told tale of a high school boy who accepts himself but has given up on being part of any crowd.
Compuserve
2.0
Terri is largely pointless, and while pointlessness isnt necessarily a bad thing in a comedy, it must be accompanied by, well, comedy.
Film.com
3.5
This is a modest film that doesnt reach too high, instead spreading out in some interesting ways, exploring what it means to be a reasonably emotional ..
Movie Line
4.0
All of this makes Terri refreshing.What makes it good is the solidity of the scenes, something that owes both to novelist Patrick deWitts honed script ..
Cinema Scope
4.0
Cynicism is easy, but I think the best part of Terriers is that it gives hope.
Monsters And Critics
4.0
John C. Reilly and a talented young cast and crew tell it like it is in this powerful high school drama.
Monsters And Critics
3.0
And its hard to know whether thats a daring move on Jacobs part or if hes confused as well.
Blog Oregonlive
3.8
And Wysocki is phenomenal, uncomfortably inhabiting a body that, even more than that of most teens, never quite seems to fit.Neither stoops to the ste ..
D Cist
4.0
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New York Metro Mix
2.5
Crafted with care and imagined with empathy, but the nicely realized scenes dont add up to a satisfying whole.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis ..
4.0
Charitable organisations have made great progress in weening some of them off the Unconventional Friendships and onto Animated Flashbacks but its alwa ..
Ultra Culture
4.5
The old Manhattan loft in Mommas Man is by turns a found object mausoleum, a womb, and a cavernous penitentiary, its bric a brac simultaneously cocoon ..
Mubi
3.0
While the film moves a lot slower than necessary, there is a tranquil beauty in Tobias Datums cinematography and a wholesomeness in the films main cha ..
The Reel Deal
3.0
Much of the movies success rests on the ample shoulders of Jacob Wysocki, who finds a sweet guileless spot as the title character.
Dallas News
1.5
Terri leaves an unsatisfying taste and, as memories of its moments of charm and even insight fade, it only grows bitterer.
Not Coming
4.0
clearly has an eye and an ear for the confused rhythms of human life.
4.5
A smart drama about a group of characters who want to believe that theyre doing the right thing.
Ebert Presents
2.0
A compressed parable of the teenage years, sometimes dazzling in its emotional sweep and yet another reason to keep a close eye on Jacobs.
Philadelphia City Paper
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