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53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
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  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    80
    Well-acted, briskly paced and prettily photographed, the film is a mild-mannered family story with a caring heart, and that's ultimately enough to make its 104 minutes worthwhile.
  2. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    80
    The most popular entry in last year's Seattle International Film Festival family series.
  3. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ted Fry
    80
    Accomplished, ambitious, and great-looking.
  4. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    75
    As warm and reassuring as grandma's hugs.
  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    67
    Woven from such promising threads that you wish it was better.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robin Rauzi
    60
    It may be a hard sell to the Gameboy generation, but The Basket has charms that may be more evident to adults.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    Avoids succumbing to the preachiness that is the bane of so many family films, and for a movie like this, that's no small feat.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    50
    It gussies up the tale with so many random subplots that by the time we cut through the morass, the film is over.
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  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    50
    You have no idea how determined director Rich Cowan is to suck the last drop of sap out of this tree.
  10. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Would be solid family entertainment if it weren't for the funereal pacing, which may kill its appeal among young audiences.
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  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    Amiable though slow-going.
  12. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    50
    Earnest and kid-friendly -- also simplistic and dramatically creaky.
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  13. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Emily Borrow
    50
    Combines the wholesomeness of "Old Yeller" with the moral and physical claustrophobia of "The Waltons."
  14. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Clunky and obvious.
  15. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    33
    A contrived and sentimental melodrama, the film takes a promising premise and crushes it with mind-numbing repetition, sophomoric conveniences, plastic acting and the worst score, perhaps, ever heard.
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  16. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    30
    Despite the overplotting, there's scarcely any of the characterization that might have made some of it interesting.
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