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Lamb

2015

Ross Partridge

Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler, Tom Bower ...

6.1

174

Drama Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he can help her avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and takes Tommie for a road trip from Chicago to the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Fine performances bring an intriguing complexity to this provocative tale (...) [It] should stir much debate upon its theatrical release."	POS
United States	Kimber Myers IndieWire	"[It] is morally and emotionally complex in a way that most films aren’t (...) Though not always successful, this is a complicated film that should cause its audience to continue to think about its characters and the actions they take."	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"[It] mostly avoids hanging labels on [the character's] bond. Sometimes this seems like a matter of good storytelling. Other times it seems like an evasion. Partridge's performance, while technically excellent and quite appealing, creates more issues (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Beautiful and troubling (...) Partridge navigates risky material with assurance, delicacy and a deepening sense of intimacy that can turn, without warning, into complicity"	POS
United States	Clayton Dillard Slant	"Partridge seems flatly fascinated by Lamb’s pathology without trying to understand its formation from environmental factors, whether related to familial or urban decay (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"A powerful study of a desperately lonely man, and of the girl who becomes the sounding board for his ideas about how to live a fulfilling life."	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"[I]t grips you with the fear that it’s the wrong kind of relationship you’re watching unfold. That it does so while offering a consistency of tone (...) is something of a quietly humane achievement for its director and star"	POS

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