The Battle of Shaker Heights
Metascore
33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 22
  3. Negative: 8 out of 22
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  1. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    30
    LaBeouf's got the beef, and his inevitably bright future may be the only reason anyone will ever look back on The Battle of Shaker Heights.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    30
    The best thing that can be said about this lethargic coming-of-age tale, noticeably undernourished at 78 minutes, is that it's better than the even more pathetic "Stolen Summer."
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    30
    Although Erica Beeney's script beat out more than 7,000 entries, the screen version dulls her potentially distinctive voice with deadly doses of sentimentality.
  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    Goes down fighting, but it goes down just the same.
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  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    25
    Dispiriting mess. The movie is bad in a boring way: tepidly paced, disjointed and lacking any emotional hook.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    May lead to a new axiom: success has many fathers, but failure has "Project Greenlight."
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    10
    Brain-numbingly innocuous, cliche-soused melodrama.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    10
    An insufferable piffle.

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5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. TipsyMcBee
    3
    If you had watched season two of Project Greenlight in making The Battle of Shaker's Height, then you're definitely going to see the many flaws within this film. Some of the performances were convincing like Amy and Shia's roles, but overall the film felt clunky and completely boring. This was a pretty forgettable movie and it's a shame that an original plot like this had to turn into a TV quality like movie.… Full Review »
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