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  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Frankie (John Pollono), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Packie (Shea Wigham) are lifelong friends who share a love of the Red Sox, rowdy bars and Frankie’s teenaged daughter Crystal (Ciara Bravo). But when Frankie invites his pals to a whiskey-fueled evening and asks them to do a favor on behalf of the brash young woman they all adore, events ...

Directed By: John Pollono

Written By: John Pollono

  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m

Small Engine Repair

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Frankie (John Pollono), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Packie (Shea Wigham) are lifelong friends who share a love of the Red Sox, rowdy bars and Frankie’s teenaged daughter Crystal (Ciara Bravo). But when Frankie invites his pals to a whiskey-fueled evening and asks them to do a favor on behalf of the brash young woman they all adore, events ...

Directed By: John Pollono

Written By: John Pollono

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
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14% Negative
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89
Sep 9, 2021
Small Engine Repair is a real American horror story, skillfully shot, perfectly cast and acted, and carrying a sorrowful message that resonates with brutal truth.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
88
Sep 8, 2021
In less skilled hands, this could have come across as cynical and manipulative material, but Pollono is such a skilled wordsmith and the cast is so universally excellent, Small Engine Repair becomes a viewing experience you won’t easily shake off, not today and not for a long time.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 7, 2021
The darkly funny American indie drama Small Engine Repair works best when it’s a hangout comedy starring three schlubby New England burnouts.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 10, 2021
While Small Engine Repair’s message is clear, it doesn’t completely take off and is fragmented in its pacing, with a twisted turn that doesn't land.
By Mae Abdulbaki FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 9, 2021
The film, which Pollono also directs, provides more depth than the original but still flounders in the translation from stage to screen.
By Maya Phillips FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 8, 2021
The results, although sporadically arresting, feel awkward, like a child wearing clothing a few sizes too big.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 10, 2021
Small Engine Repair is little more than 103 minutes of a would-be provocation whose only real advantage is that it's ultimately too dopey to be as offensive as it clearly could have been. It has nothing of note to say about the issues it pretends to raise, though it does try to say them as loudly and as pseudo-colorfully as possible.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW

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4 Ratings
10% Negative
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10% Negative
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Production Company Canopy Media Partners, Story Factory SER, Tapestry Films, Whitewater Films
Release Date Sep 10, 2021
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating R
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