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Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

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  • Starring: Aaron Stanford, Anthony LaPaglia
  • Summary: A poignant look at the impact a woman's love and support has on a father struggling with his sons setting out to explore their independence. (Paramount Classics)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    As quietly dazzling as a small, very precious stone.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Laura Sinagra
    60
    What makes Winter Solstice, a nice little Jersey vignette about a widower and his two teenage sons, so striking is writer-director Josh Sternfeld's respect for the verbal shorthand of family interaction.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    25
    It's dreadful, but it's a special kind of dreadful -- the kind designed to appeal to intelligent people on principle.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. .perez
    10
    Quiet, self-assured, this film is one to sit down by yourself with and fall in to. Beautiful camera work and acting. The story is simple and thoughtful.… Expand
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