Lebanon, Pa.
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  • Summary: Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ’s married teacher and CJ confronts her conflicted father, b both struggle with formidable decisions about the path their lives will take. Can we vault our differences and meet in the middle? This bittersweet comic drama tenderly explores the cultural divide in America through the lives of one extended family. (Truly Indie)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    Apr 28, 2011
    75
    Hickernell's film aesthetic is straightforward, narrative-driven.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    Apr 28, 2011
    58
    The turns the film takes toward the end do offer a few surprises, particularly in the form of redemption for the waffling hero-not in running after the ones he loves, but in standing by them when they need him.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Apr 28, 2011
    50
    If Lebanon, Pa. is a tidy little indie with steady acting, it is too politically self-aware to transcend its well-mannered sense of fairness. But the performances by Ms. Kitson and Ms. Hurt give it spritzes of energy.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Apr 29, 2011
    38
    This mild drama plays out like one of those dull message movies that TV networks used to crank out almost weekly, but the earnestness is at times almost appealingly old-fashioned.

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