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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhy Stop Now takes large themes much manhandled as movie cliches, and treats them with care and respect. It likes the characters. So did I.
- 67The PlaylistGabe ToroThe PlaylistGabe ToroIt's well-acted, certainly, though these performances belong in a film with sharper pacing, one that breathes easily. But, this directorial debut from Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner breathes like a frequent smoker: in fits and starts, peppered with coughs and dry heaves.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasSlips into the no-man's land between screwball and melodrama, squandering both the comic opportunities of an irrational search for drugs and the raw desperation of a piano prodigy who's held captive by his mother's dysfunction.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAcquires a little vigor and some fun from Tracy Morgan as a friendly drug dealer who lives with his mom.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenOnce Why Stop Now? has exhausted its bag of tricks, there is a screeching of brakes as it approaches the edge of the cliff. Having expended all that stamina, the film collapses from exhaustion and settles for an abrupt, feel-good ending that is as perfunctory as it is preposterous.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWhy Stop Now? feels trapped in the limbo between comedy and drama where many indies gamely venture, but from which few emerge with any resonance.
- 38Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerShifting between wacky situation comedy and somber familial drama, Why Stop Now? isn't invested enough in either mode to convincingly pull off its genre-hopping ambitions.
- 20Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearNothing - script, performances, comedy, drama - works in the slightest. To answer the title: Where do we start?
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis comic drama tries too hard to serve up a slice of manic life, but Eisenberg, along with Tracy Morgan and Isiah Whitlock Jr. as the affable druggies, provides some spark.
- 0Village VoiceVillage VoiceAn unbearable 90-minute trip with a trio of loud, needy egotists.