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The Grandfather
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    A wise and beautiful film.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    80
    Brims with understanding of the complexities of relationships, the frailties of humankind and the possibilities of joy.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    75
    At once proudly conservative, passionately idealistic and beautifully assured.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    A solid, humane, old-fashioned film in the best sense of the term.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    70
    The picture's deepest strength, however, is the fire Fernán-Gómez conjures from deep within himself, as if "honor" were an extinct volcano he could will into exploding, given enough anger and time.
  6. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    70
    Few movies this year have been quite so rewarding with their 11th hour epiphanies.
  7. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    65
    It's filled with far too much talk and it never justifies its length, but if you succumb to its old-fashioned Renoir style of storytelling, The Grandfather has its pleasures.
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  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    63
    Undercut by funereal pacing and an ending that seems more than a little contrived.
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  9. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Old-fashioned storytelling.
  10. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    50
    Essentially conversations, confrontations, and an extremely pat -- and very verbal -- reconciliation.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    50
    The film's constrained style keeps the drama from reaching a full boil.
  12. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Staff [Not Credited]
    50
    The material has enough meat to enable charitable viewers to drift in and out, but the result is too arch to conjure up much affection.
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  13. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    40
    Veers inconsistently between sit-com jokeiness and nostril-flaring melodrama.
  14. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Nobody ever shuts up in this schmaltzy, mannered drama.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    Not only is the dialogue endless...it's like driving behind a 15 mph geezer on a one-way street.
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