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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterLen and Company...never strains for profundity. Instead, it savors observational subtleties, especially in Mr. Ifans’s assured performance. For a baby-boomer-meets-millennial family drama, that’s plenty.
- 70Village VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonVillage VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonYou think you can guess what happens next, but the beauty of Tim Godsall's film, adapted from a play by Carly Mensch, is that it eschews the obvious arcs and come-to-Jesus moments of your typical Bad Dad pics.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThe film proves more than its conventional story presumes. We’ve seen its depiction of mid-life and quarter-life crises—many times with the music industry at its back—but this newest iteration possesses an authenticity rendering it worthwhile nonetheless.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungMost effective in its quiet dialogue-heavy scenes, the picture stumbles when anything more dramatic is required.
- 60Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThanks to Ifans, though, this remains a watchable film, one that, perhaps like Len himself, falls short of its potential.
- 42The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthAccording to Len, rock ‘n roll is "blood, bourbon, and napalm," and it’s exactly those elements that the film needs, but doesn’t provide.