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(1 - 20) of 20 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   1   C+ "Around the Bend has outstanding acting and a short running time, and still the story runs thin."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 1.5/5 "The kind of thing that would be playing nonstop if there were a Lifetime Network for Men"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti 3/5 "The film is not quite the deep drama or outrageous comedy it tries to be, but an engaging little story nonetheless."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius C- "There's not much happening even when the viewer eventually gets around the bend."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Michael Caine and Christopher Walken, as father & son, do marvels with silences, spaces and gestures while skirting loveable old codger stereotypes."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit C+ "How does a film like this get national distribution when dozens of films exactly like it wallow in Sundance obscurity, never to see the light of day outside Park City?"   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1/4 "I suppose Kirk Douglas wasn’t available after It Runs In The Family and Diamonds, or just realized he couldn’t do another film along the same lines as bad as those again."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "We could use more small character dramas, but hopefully ones with real characters."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C+ "While undoubtedly well-intentioned...just too forced to strike more than a glancing blow to the heartstrings."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Good performances ground this heart-affecting story about four generations of a dysfunctional family who go on a journey of transformation together."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "An appealing performance by underrated hunk Josh Lucas can’t save this well-meaning indie debut from a mawkish TV-movie of the week glow."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth C- "From eccentric old codgers to undisclosed fatal illnesses, Roberts pulls at the heartstrings in the most cliched and commercial ways."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/5 "First-time writer-director Jordan Roberts' male weepie ricochets between affecting scenes and insufferably maudlin ones."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C- "Oozes sentimentality for the plight of these mildly eccentric characters... The problem isn’t the film’s gooey center but the flavorless, formulaic substance surrounding it."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[W]alks a fine line that many films fall to navigate: the one that divides wacky-for-wacky’s-sake from the wacky kind of oddballness that characterizes, you know, life."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson C "There is some nice familial bonding buried in there, somewhere, but it takes too much effort to dig it out."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford C "The cutesy twists may not be predictable, but they send the characters through familiar landscapes on the way to an inevitable emotional destination."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 1.5/4 "A cloying mixture of whimsy and sentiment."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1/4 "An ugly secret changes the mood of the piece from maudlin and trite to jarringly maudlin and trite."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 7/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo  (1 - 20) of 20 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   1