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50 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. NPR
    Reviewed by: Bob Mondello
    75
    A bit abrupt about its mood-changing revelations and a bit sketchy about its put-out-to-pasture characters. But it's a warmly engaging romp nonetheless.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    75
    A remarkable cast for a small, non-mainstream effort.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    63
    In the course of How About You, much champagne is consumed, pot is smoked, and a good time is had by all, the audience included. Redgrave even sings the title song.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    It's all terribly sentimental without being truly terrible.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    As the reigning inhabitant, Redgrave adopts the swanning gestures of Maggie Smith in this mild adaptation of a Maeve Binchy story.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    50
    How About You is not without its moments of insight, but its emotional arc is a straight line from A to B, a path made all the more obvious by the heart-tugging score.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    50
    The only crowds this stodgy little movie is likely to please tend to be home on a Saturday night, watching PBS.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    Appeal[s] to the delicate palates of an audience that craves the movie equivalent of tea and biscuits: stiff upper lips conceal hearts of gold, and all psychological conflicts are resolved with tearful confessions of vulnerability.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    42
    Nothing in How About You is the least bit surprising; the film hits its marks with dreary precision.
  10. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    40
    Anthony Byrne's lazy drama is insulting to just about everyone, including Maeve Binchy, who wrote the short story on which it was based. But nobody fares well, especially cast members Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Fricker and Imelda Staunton.
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    40
    Comedic and sentimental beats are as predictable as the storytelling is sloppy.
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