78
Metascore
35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThis gorgeous film, always tender and sometimes dark, is a deeply resonant comic drama that's concerned with nothing less than life, death, love, sex, guilt and the urban logic of mortality.
- 91The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurraySome people might find it distasteful to make a movie about guilty rich folks who give themselves permission to splurge. Others will rightly appreciate the honesty.
- It may take some time but Nicole Holofcener’s latest effort gradually grows on you. Partly it’s her obvious affection for her oddball collection of characters; partly it’s the performances of the likes of Keener and Oliver Platt as her wayward husband.
- 80The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyLike a finely wrought short story, and it's all but perfect.
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangKeener, so deliciously nasty in Holofcener's "Lovely and Amazing," is no less engaging here in what is, surprisingly, the film's least bitchy role.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinHolofcener’s plotting can seem casual (many characters, no speeches pointing up the themes, no conventional climaxes), but her dialogue is smart, an oscillating mixture of abrasiveness and balm, of harsh satire and compassionate pullback.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanIt is, for the most part, witty and engrossing.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfShe has real sympathy--characters that might have been brittle, mockable creations in another writer-director’s hands gain resonance here. But the filmmaker also might have very little to say apart from the way guilt enters into life, and then suddenly recedes.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThink of Please Give as a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning. Drama is not high on the agenda here. There is a bit of comedy and, briefly, sexual mischief even though it doesn't look like much fun.