The Greatest

  • 2009


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50 %
53 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 12
Negative reviews 10
Average Rating 2.7/5
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1.5
Its when the small moments become large ones that Feste overreaches and the shaky performances dont bail her out. Av Club
2.5
Its a film about the grieving process that winds up with processed grief. Av Club
2.0
2 14th Street: This broad thoroughfare was one of 15 crosstown streets designed to be 100 feet wide, rather than the usual 60. Time Out
2.0
The Greatest charts the uneasy journey people must undertake in the face of grief, but first time filmmaker Shana Feste cant quite fully bring this em .. Screen Daily
2.5
The Greatest includes a great performance and a very good one at the center of vagueness and confusion.The films people are situation are perfectly cl .. Rogerebert
2.0
It is, however, consistent with the smothering style of The Greatest, which takes its title from Roses assurance to the insecure Bennett that he was h .. Ny Daily News
2.5
And do not think its ambitious title indicates its overall quality. Philly
3.5
A parent grieving for a dead child is such combustible material that the most experienced dramatist might back away from it, yet writer director Shana .. Chicago Reader
3.8
The Greatest comes close.Though it sometimes feels more like a collection of scenes than a complete story, some moments are so raw and insightful that .. Usa Today
1.8
Sarandon and Brosnan are doing too much capital A Acting, rather than letting their emotions play out naturally. Eric Ds Nider
2.2
Overwrought in all the wrong ways, The Greatest doesnt do its normally excellent cast any favors. Cs Monitor
2.5
The film, which debuted at Sundance 2009 and marks the writing and directing debut of Shana Feste, is a grieving family psychological drama, the lates .. Boston
2.0
As a result, although The Greatest is a histrionic mess, at least it looks clean. Ew
2.5
The Greatest is a movie about grief, and the first requirement in a movie like this is not, surprisingly enough, finding good actors who can depict th .. Sf Gate
2.5
For a film devoted to investigating the complex repercussions of a sudden family death, The Greatest may be far too transparent in its bids for audien .. Slant Magazine
3.1
What does grief look like.You wont find one single answer in The Greatest. Washington Post
3.5
With The Greatest, Feste has pulled off a difficult feat: creating a movie heavy with depth and gravitas without feeling overly sentimental or emotion .. Bullz-Eye
2.2
The Greatest is a shaky directorial debut with a weak, soapy script and a cast that is far too good for it. Reeling Reviews
4.5
Hopeful and heartbreaking, this lovely film offers a rush of genuine cinematic emotion that is rare and most welcome. Flickfilosopher
2.5
As a portrait of the implications of a tragedy, The Greatest is too over the top to be accepted on its own terms. ReelViews
2.5
Unfortunately, though its heart is smack in the right place, The Greatest tends to play more like a collection of appropriate, well acted scenes than .. Los Angeles Times
3.1
The end result is a relentlessly erratic remake that certainly could have been worse, all things considered, and yet its ultimately clear that the fil .. Reel Film
2.5
But far from being The Greatest, the movie itself is merely middling. Nj
1.3
The movie suffocates as scene after shouty scene delivers nothing except yet another variant of the notion that its a bummer to lose a loved one. New York Post
3.1
The Greatest understands this, and treats it with the unsentimental toughness it deserves. Dustin Put Man
4.5
A smart, finely wrought tale that will have you choked up and nodding your head at the same time...Its about much more than simply triggering the audi .. Hollywood And Fine
3.5
The Greatest is slight, not taking on too much dramatic weight as the family struggles to understand Bennetts life and final moments. Brian Or Ndorf
3.5
Its a film about being in touch with your grief and viewers should be prepared for an often brutally raw story on an emotional level. Hollywood Chicago
3.0
With a legacy bearing baby in the mix, a dash to the maternity ward climax is inevitable: unfortunately, the journey leading there feels similarly rou .. The Skinny
3.0
These sensitive moments with a stellar cast lift writer/director Shana Festes debut The Greatest above dealing with grief melodrama. Film Forward
2.5
Although Feste delivers a well acted, competently directed film with The Greatest, it ultimately lacks the originality that could lift it out of the f .. Sign On Sandiego
1.0
Breaking Upwards and The Greatest Explore Young Loves Doldrums Posted by Lisa Rosman on March 31st Now is the early spring of our discontent.Every yea .. Ifc



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