The Hollars

The Hollars works as a whole. Becca and John’s relationship feels like an accurate rendering of a young 30s couple struggling with that final step into commitment and parenthood, paralleled nicely against all of the other flawed relationships around them.

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In many ways, John Krasinski’s second directorial effort is your standard Sundance fare.

3056d ago

The Hollars works as a whole. Becca and John’s relationship feels like an accurate rendering of a young 30s couple struggling with that final step into commitment and parenthood, paralleled nicely against all of the other flawed relationships around them.

3056d ago

In many ways, John Krasinski’s second directorial effort is your standard Sundance fare.

3056d ago

The Hollars works as a whole. Becca and John’s relationship feels like an accurate rendering of a young 30s couple struggling with that final step into commitment and parenthood, paralleled nicely against all of the other flawed relationships around them.

3056d ago

John Kraskinski directs and stars in this name-heavy story about a family dealing with a terminally ill mother.

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John Kraskinski directs and stars in this name-heavy story about a family dealing with a terminally ill mother.

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John Kraskinski directs and stars in this name-heavy story about a family dealing with a terminally ill mother.

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John Kraskinski directs and stars in this name-heavy story about a family dealing with a terminally ill mother.

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John Krasinski’s The Hollars drowns out its best details with acoustic droning.

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John Krasinski’s The Hollars drowns out its best details with acoustic droning.

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John Krasinski’s The Hollars drowns out its best details with acoustic droning.

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John Krasinski’s The Hollars drowns out its best details with acoustic droning.

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Crowded, cornball and too busy for its short running time, The Hollars nevertheless generates a few moments of grace and reflection.

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Crowded, cornball and too busy for its short running time, The Hollars nevertheless generates a few moments of grace and reflection.

3056d ago

Crowded, cornball and too busy for its short running time, The Hollars nevertheless generates a few moments of grace and reflection.

3056d ago

Crowded, cornball and too busy for its short running time, The Hollars nevertheless generates a few moments of grace and reflection.

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"The Hollars" is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski, longtime costar of "The Office," directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse ("Lonesome Jim," "The Winning Season"), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors don't seem too interested in showing anymore.

3056d ago

"The Hollars" is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski, longtime costar of "The Office," directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse ("Lonesome Jim," "The Winning Season"), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors don't seem too interested in showing anymore.

3056d ago

"The Hollars" is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski, longtime costar of "The Office," directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse ("Lonesome Jim," "The Winning Season"), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors don't seem too interested in showing anymore.

3056d ago

The film's ruefully honest tone is periodically drowned out by the blare of stagey coincidences.

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The film's ruefully honest tone is periodically drowned out by the blare of stagey coincidences.

3056d ago

The film's ruefully honest tone is periodically drowned out by the blare of stagey coincidences.

3056d ago

The film's ruefully honest tone is periodically drowned out by the blare of stagey coincidences.

3056d ago

"The Hollars" is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski, longtime costar of "The Office," directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse ("Lonesome Jim," "The Winning Season"), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors don't seem too interested in showing anymore.

3056d ago

Too much happens too quickly in “The Hollars” for the story to be credible, but the film has some likable qualities, among them the fun of seeing actors in unexpected roles.

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John Krasinski's second film as actor-director is a bittersweet ensemble comedy-drama about a dysfunctional clan brought together by the life-threatening illness of its beloved matriarch.

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John Krasinski's sophomore directorial effort is a watchable family dramedy that sticks doggedly to the Sundance manual.

3056d ago

John Krasinski's second film as actor-director is a bittersweet ensemble comedy-drama about a dysfunctional clan brought together by the life-threatening illness of its beloved matriarch.

3056d ago

John Krasinski's sophomore directorial effort is a watchable family dramedy that sticks doggedly to the Sundance manual.

3056d ago

John Krasinski's second film as actor-director is a bittersweet ensemble comedy-drama about a dysfunctional clan brought together by the life-threatening illness of its beloved matriarch.

3056d ago

John Krasinski's sophomore directorial effort is a watchable family dramedy that sticks doggedly to the Sundance manual.

3056d ago

John Krasinski's sophomore directorial effort is a watchable family dramedy that sticks doggedly to the Sundance manual.

3056d ago

Too much happens too quickly in “The Hollars” for the story to be credible, but the film has some likable qualities, among them the fun of seeing actors in unexpected roles.

3056d ago

Too much happens too quickly in “The Hollars” for the story to be credible, but the film has some likable qualities, among them the fun of seeing actors in unexpected roles.

3056d ago

Too much happens too quickly in “The Hollars” for the story to be credible, but the film has some likable qualities, among them the fun of seeing actors in unexpected roles.

3056d ago

John Krasinski's second film as actor-director is a bittersweet ensemble comedy-drama about a dysfunctional clan brought together by the life-threatening illness of its beloved matriarch.

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The Hollars show occasional flashes that they are anything but ordinary.

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The Hollars drives inexorably to a conclusion that feels as manipulatively mawkish as it is impossibly tidy, typical of a genre that too often tries to have it both ways. It turns out that happy families are all alike, even when they’re a little bit sad.

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The always wonderful Martindale nails the tone in her warm and nuanced performance, combining sly humor and a soulful presence, while the men orbiting around her range from complete goofs (Copley and Jenkins) to self-involved and dour (Krasinski).

3056d ago

The Hollars show occasional flashes that they are anything but ordinary.

3056d ago

The Hollars drives inexorably to a conclusion that feels as manipulatively mawkish as it is impossibly tidy, typical of a genre that too often tries to have it both ways. It turns out that happy families are all alike, even when they’re a little bit sad.

3056d ago

The always wonderful Martindale nails the tone in her warm and nuanced performance, combining sly humor and a soulful presence, while the men orbiting around her range from complete goofs (Copley and Jenkins) to self-involved and dour (Krasinski).

3056d ago

The Hollars show occasional flashes that they are anything but ordinary.

3056d ago

The always wonderful Martindale nails the tone in her warm and nuanced performance, combining sly humor and a soulful presence, while the men orbiting around her range from complete goofs (Copley and Jenkins) to self-involved and dour (Krasinski).

3056d ago

The Hollars drives inexorably to a conclusion that feels as manipulatively mawkish as it is impossibly tidy, typical of a genre that too often tries to have it both ways. It turns out that happy families are all alike, even when they’re a little bit sad.

3056d ago

The Hollars drives inexorably to a conclusion that feels as manipulatively mawkish as it is impossibly tidy, typical of a genre that too often tries to have it both ways. It turns out that happy families are all alike, even when they’re a little bit sad.

3056d ago

The Hollars show occasional flashes that they are anything but ordinary.

3056d ago

The always wonderful Martindale nails the tone in her warm and nuanced performance, combining sly humor and a soulful presence, while the men orbiting around her range from complete goofs (Copley and Jenkins) to self-involved and dour (Krasinski).

3056d ago

The actor’s second film as director is so intent to please that it’s ultimately more cloying than affecting.

3056d ago

The actor’s second film as director is so intent to please that it’s ultimately more cloying than affecting.

3056d ago

The actor’s second film as director is so intent to please that it’s ultimately more cloying than affecting.

3056d ago

The actor’s second film as director is so intent to please that it’s ultimately more cloying than affecting.

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Great, ‘The Hollars’ is yet another ‘Garden State’ retread.

3056d ago

Great, ‘The Hollars’ is yet another ‘Garden State’ retread.

3056d ago

Great, ‘The Hollars’ is yet another ‘Garden State’ retread.

3056d ago

Great, ‘The Hollars’ is yet another ‘Garden State’ retread.

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A talented cast — including Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick and director John Krasinski — buckles under a film that feels like a million Sundance movies that came before.

3056d ago

A talented cast — including Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick and director John Krasinski — buckles under a film that feels like a million Sundance movies that came before.

3056d ago

A talented cast — including Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick and director John Krasinski — buckles under a film that feels like a million Sundance movies that came before.

3056d ago

A talented cast — including Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick and director John Krasinski — buckles under a film that feels like a million Sundance movies that came before.

3056d ago