The Greatest

"A somber, sensitively acted, intelligently penned and sincerely directed film" 

"In the smallest of moments, it can be profoundly affecting (...) It’s when the small moments become large ones that Feste overreaches and the shaky performances don’t bail her out." 

"Not even the skillful performances of its stars, Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan (...) can cover up the mysterious gaps in continuity of a screenplay whose thudding dialogue spells out every emotion" 

"'The Greatest' combines the tragedy of 'Ordinary People' with the teen-pregnancy plotline of 'Juno', resulting in a film with some good performances that gets hamstrung by tonal problems." 

"In this compelling drama, writer-director Shana Feste transcends a clinical depiction of grief, which in less assured hands could have morphed into a talking-heads essay" 

"The film's people and situation are perfectly clear, and with this cast might have made a powerful film, but the screenplay contains baffling omissions, needless confusions and questions we should not be thinking of (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"