Better Living
  • Release Date: Aug 4, 2000
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21 out of 100

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  • Summary: A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship. (Goldheart Pictures)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 6 out of 7
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Oliver Jones
    60
    Vibrant, snappy and surprisingly fresh.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Made in 1998, the picture sags beneath the leaden weight of its pre-millennial theme.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    30
    Feels like an early rehearsal for a play where all the movement is being coordinated but the underlying emotional notes have yet to be set.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    30
    It's all terribly schematic, thematically obvious and not in the least bit funny.

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