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68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    80
    A tactful but probing and richly satisfying study of an entire family thrown into self-doubt by a teenager venturing into risky territory as she struggles to find her way.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The director-producer, Nicole Opper, has known Avery's Brooklyn family for years, which no doubt accounts for the film's intimacy.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    75
    A patient, slightly stiff, often intensely moving portrait of a girl who believes her choices are literally black and white.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    70
    What at first looks like a heartwarming portrait of a highly blended modern family turns into a no less engrossing illustration of that situation's possible pitfalls in Off and Running.
  5. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Kevin B. Lee
    60
    Initially succeeds at accounting for the formation of this unlikely family unit, but as the subject's life starts to unravel, cut-rate cable TV techniques (trifling montages, an overactive string score) deaden the full impact of her crisis.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    60
    The role played by her camera in exacerbating Avery's natural, adolescent self-absorption continues to nag; in the end, I was less concerned for the wildly indulged Avery -- whose own narration reveals a charismatic and extremely fortunate young woman -- than for the hearts breaking around her.
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