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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichLandline is a textured, silly, sweet, and deeply felt comedy that traces the distance between the most satisfied parts of ourselves and the most desperate, between the people we are and the people we think we should be, and it finds that — for better or worse — we’re all stuck somewhere in between.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanLandline is a dramatic comedy about a family full of secrets, and what’s mature — and, in its way, reassuring — about the film is that it views this state of affairs as an all-too-natural one.
- 75The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupLandline is a film about many things: sisterhood, infidelity, growing up, marriage, parenting, self-discovery, etc. That it manages to have illuminating insights about each, and none feeling like they are taking the backseat, is a feat unto itself.
- 70ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThe film is almost as messy as its characters’ love lives, and the early scenes, which take a long time establishing the various subplots, play less like a dramedy than a comedy that could have used more jokes. But the movie gets more earnest and impassioned (not to mention better) as it goes along.
- 67ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerWhere the narrative is sometimes slack, and the film’s larger purpose left to interpretation after a while, Landline’s great strength lies with its performances.
- 67The PlaylistNoel MurrayThe PlaylistNoel MurrayUnlike “Obvious Child,” Landline plays like a series of semi-successful comic and dramatic scenes, haphazardly arranged into something resembling a story.
- 60The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThe movie itself is a retread of indie story beats we’ve all seen time and again. Slate’s tornado of a central character doesn’t quite overcome the rote aspects of this production.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe farcical elements in the plot take far too long to gel, and Robespierre and company push too hard at mixing sad, silly and sweet.
- 50We Got This CoveredJordan RuimyWe Got This CoveredJordan Ruimy[Robespierre] and Slate make a formidable, interesting pair together and I do look forward to their next venture, but Landline is a disappointing venture.