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Barefoot

2014

Andrew Fleming

Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, Treat Williams, Kate Burton ...

5.0

1,288

Romance. Drama Jay (Scott Speedman) is the "black sheep" son of a wealthy family who meets young psychiatric patient Daisy (Evan Rachel Wood), a free-spirited but sheltered woman who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding to convince his family that he's finally straightened out his life. She impresses the family with her genuine, if unstable charm. Along the way they fall into an improbable love. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The movie acts like screwball comedy, but there are no laughs as Daisy and Jay’s connection lurches toward implausible romance."	NEG
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"If the film had a loopier or more fable-styled atmosphere, the concept might have seemed easier to swallow. But Fleming treats Stephen Zotnowski’s script with a glossy literalism that doesn’t do it or the actors any favors."	NEG
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"With or without shoes, a false step for everyone involved"	NEG
United States	Susan Wloszczyna rogerebert.com	"There is one thing about 'Barefoot' that makes it at least a guilty pleasure. Once you ignore how improbable Daisy is (...) there is something oddly captivating about Wood's performance (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Inkoo Kang The Wrap	"Never cloying but rarely moving, 'Barefoot' is also plagued throughout by witless jokes and an offensively simplistic view of mental illness"	NEG

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