64
Metascore
22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensWhat distinguishes The Low Down from movies like "The Brothers McMullen" and "My Life's in Turnaround" is its ragged edge of authenticity, its refusal to plot its characters' lives on the graph of romantic comedy convention.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonExudes that seriousness about life and openness about style. It's about nothing and yet everything.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertGets better the more attention you pay. To say "nothing happens" is to be blind to everyday life, during which we wage titanic struggles with our programming.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardHere’s a British spin on the familiar struggle of the couch potato who plans any minute now to get off his duff.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanDefiantly different, a movie that carefully checks the pulse of its characters rather than trying to get the blood rushing.
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrCaptures the ensemble quality it was after and the provisional look and feel are perfect stylistic analogues to the lives - the male lives, anyway - that it's portraying.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThraves is skillful at evoking mood and atmosphere and at depicting transitional periods in a person's life with a mildly wistful humor.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanThe whole thing is shot in an irritating, self-conscious way.
- 50New Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinNew Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinMay be too low-key for its own good. Still, if you want to get in on the ground floor of Aidan Gillen's certain-to-be-skyrocketing career, it's a good place to start.