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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithIf you can overlook Andie MacDowell's Mitteleuropa accent as a Jewish Holocaust survivor (I know: big if), the cinematic roman a clef Mighty Fine has some quiet charms.
- Has heart to spare, but little new to say.
- 50Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyChazz Palminteri's the best thing in the movie. He now has the look of a slightly beefier Steve Buscemi. But where Buscemi is all nerves on edge and something bad waiting to happen, Palminteri has a winning ease.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMighty Fine chugs along heartily until it abruptly stops on the edge of cliff, leaving you feeling shortchanged. It is a couple of crucial scenes away from feeling complete.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt all makes for a family therapist's dream scenario, but an otherwise choppy and predictable memory piece.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichDespite a committed performance from Palminteri (ripping through scenes like an aged bulldog), Debbie Goodstein's loosely autobiographical drama is as nondescript as made-for-pennies independents come.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerThe mood is generally melodramatic and ends as mushy, aided by the soft-focus cinematography that drenches it all in melancholic nostalgia.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSubtle, it's not.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierBoasting perhaps the most bored-sounding voice-over ever, this unexceptional drama imagines itself - much as its young heroine does - to be far more noteworthy than it actually is.
- 38Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerDebbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld's film seems oddly anemic when it deals with anyone but Chazz Palminteri's Joe.