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People Like Us

2012

Alex Kurtzman

Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde ...

6.0

2,884

Drama A young man is tasked with delivering $150,000 of his deceased father's fortune to the sister he has never met.

	Author	Review
United States	Lisa Kennedy Denver Post	"In a season of superheroes and their nemeses, Kurtzman takes on characters hurting, hoping (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The performances, especially Ms. Banks's Frankie and Ms. Pfeiffer's Lillian, partly compensate for the holes in a story whose timing is hard to swallow."	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Thanks to punchy direction from 'Star Trek writer Kurtzman, this is a cut above your average weepie.(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Mike McCahill The Guardian	"The film's irrelevant to anyone who doesn't have severe daddy issues pertaining to the man who discovered Kajagoogoo (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A good-hearted and well-intentioned film (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"As overcranked as it is -- the film is directed as if it were an action drama, with two or three times more cuts than necessary -- 'People Like U's has a persuasive emotional pull at its heart that's hard to deny."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] is saved from melodramatic quicksand by live-wire acting from a touchingly vulnerable Chris Pine and a heartbreakingly good Elizabeth Banks. We believe we are watching people like us (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Liam Lacey The Globe and Mail	"The usual defence for these kinds of Hollywood soap operas is that the quality of the performances overcomes the contrivance of the script. Except in this case, all the emoting in the world can't pull this one out (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
Canada	Ben Kendrick Screen Rant	"Kurtzman may need a little more experience before he can match his writing talents with his behind the camera work but 'People Like Us' serves as an encouraging inaugural step."	POS

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