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Avg. Critic Score: 59 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
16 Iffy for 16+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    Perversely fascinating. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Heights breathes, is briefly and immediately present, and is over. In this summer of noisy steroid cinema, such small favors are welcome. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    Heights is stage-bound throughout, and the secrets it would like to keep are very predictable. But its heart is in the right place, and the performances are first-rate. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The film is one of those interlocking dramas where all of the characters are involved in each other's lives, if only they knew it. We know, and one of our pleasures is waiting for the pennies to drop. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    Beautifully shot on location in New York and consistently well-acted, but it sticks a little too closely to the surface to be very compelling. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Like the film, the characters mean well and look good. But they're so deeply immersed in their own heads that they can't see the world for their needs. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Lisa Nesselson

    An entertaining ensembler marbled with wit and heartache. Read full review

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer | David Hiltbrand

    Heights manages to make the lives of all these beautiful people seem quite tedious. Despite their accomplishments, the only thing they seem suited for is hailing cabs. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    If there's anything good to be said about Heights, it's Glenn Close's strutty, booming performance. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Heights is nothing more than a second-rate version of several much better movies, all of which are available on DVD and video. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+ Adapted play is too urbane and uncompelling.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this film focuses on a young woman's decisions concerning her upcoming wedding and sometimes strained relationship with her mother, a famous actress. It includes sexual references, a brief passionate encounter in a hallway, some language, repeated cheating by romantic partners (heterosexual and homosexual), and some verbal arguments. During a mugging that takes about 20 seconds, one character is stabbed in his side.
  • Families can talk about the relationship between Isabel and her mother Diana, as they discuss men, romance, cheating, and money. Families might also discuss the lack of communication between Isabel and her fiancé: how does the movie use their mutual deceits and silences as a way to critique contemporary, urban focus on careerism and self-interest?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Romantic dishonesty, adultery, a mother-daughter argument.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Not an issue
  • sex false3 Sex: Some nudity, sexual referenecs, a couple of kissing scenes.
  • language false3 Language: Moderate.
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Set in NYC, background logos.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking and smoking at a late night party.
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