42
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- While the film has some clunky exposition, and a couple of predictable moments, it creates a real sense of a group of friends who have known one another since high school, who don’t stand on ceremony, and who all, in various ways, struggle with nostalgia.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisBathed in a nostalgic glow that just avoids maudlin, the group’s problems — a sexless marriage, an unexpected job loss — bark but don’t bite. Scenes flirt with cliché, yet the writing has spark.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreStill waters may run deep, as the old saying goes. But Beside Still Waters there’s nothing deeper than “The Big Chill.”
- 30Village VoicePete Vonder HaarVillage VoicePete Vonder HaarLowell hews so close to the reunion-film formula he ends up stifling anything new that may otherwise have resulted.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLowell, a sitcom actor ("Enlisted") and photographer, lards his "The Big Chill" ripoff with plenty of arty touches... He assumes this will lend the needed heft to paper-thin characters, witless exchanges and emotional recriminations you can see coming a mile away.