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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jami Bernard

    The triumph here is the natural, fluid way the characters interact, many of them displaying real-life, quirky senses of humor you don't often find in screenplays. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    The kind of smart, realistic indie family drama the movies should give us more often, just as they should more often offer performances as full-blooded and rich as Aiello's and Curtin's here. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A sweet and touching film, worth a visit. Read full review

  • 63
    TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

    However fact-based the material may be, Jordan's salt-of-the-earth characters, with their bluster and pride and rough-edged loyalty, are all too familiar, and their travails feel formulaic, right down to the life-affirming climax. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Character's multiple mid-life crises could make this genuinely engaging drama especially appealing to older viewers. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    Fails to dig out the dramatic meat, despite a yeoman performance by Danny Aiello. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    Ultimately has the air of a home movie project blown up to feature-length proportions. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    An unusually pure example of American kitchen-sink realism. Read full review

  • 40
    Village Voice | Ben Kenigsberg

    Outside of the Jordan inner circle, this family-versus-business parable comes across as slight, familiar, and in dire need of seasoning. Read full review

  • 38
    Miami Herald | Connie Ogle

    If the Giorgios were more interesting, perhaps Brooklyn Lobster would feel less sluggish. But as it is, the crustaceans' unhappy destinies are more compelling than the colorless lives of their captors. Read full review

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