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Amy
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40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    63
    Alana De Roma is going to be a tremendous star.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    60
    A skilled heart-tugger from Australia that verges on rock opera.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    The sort of heart-tugger a small group of people will love passionately.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    50
    Your ability to overlook the film's myriad contrivances will ultimately depend on how you react to little De Roma.
  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    50
    In the end, it trivializes the psychological complexity of the girl's post-traumatic stress and betrays a game group of actors who struggle to find balance between the alternately dark drama and the silly, over-the-top melodrama.
  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    50
    If Tass had found a way to include more playfulness, her film would be more endearing. Instead, she accents the easy bathos of David Parker's script, from the problems of the shrill, cliched neighbors to a finale that plays like a movie of the week.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    50
    Warm of heart, modest in polish, Amy provides satisfactions that must be balanced against its flaws.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    10
    Plumbs new depths of craven heartstring-yanking.
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