Fred Won't Move Out
Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Oct 23, 2012
    70
    The bigger issue is that the film is more a slice of life than a real journey. It's an intriguing slice, but the real depth is in the performances, not the story. [18 Oct 2012]
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Oct 10, 2012
    50
    The film is not a compelling drama so much as a poignant observation of a sad situation.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    Sep 27, 2012
    50
    It also points to one of the movie's most nagging problems: Stuck somewhere between personal memoir and universal truth, Fred Won't Move Out ends up being neither.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Farran Smith Nehme
    Sep 21, 2012
    63
    This carefully observed slice of life is dragged down by the dreary and distracting hand-held camerawork.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Sep 20, 2012
    70
    Except for a subplot about a missing cat that suggests that Fred may be considerably dottier than he appears, the movie gets almost everything right about the uncomfortable moment when grown children are forced to be their parents' parents.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Guy Lodge
    Sep 18, 2012
    60
    Irregularly spiked with some droll sitcom-style humor, this thoughtful but exceedingly modest miniature will be best nursed within the festival circuit.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Peter Gerstenzang
    Sep 18, 2012
    70
    Mostly, it captures how old age decimates even the people who don't suffer from it.

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