Critic Reviews
| 80 |
LA Weekly
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.
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| 80 |
Film.com
The most popular entry in last year's Seattle International Film Festival family series.
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| 80 |
Film.com
Ted Fry
Accomplished, ambitious, and great-looking.
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| 75 |
Charlotte Observer
As warm and reassuring as grandma's hugs.
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| 67 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Woven from such promising threads that you wish it was better.
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| 60 |
The New York Times
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.
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| 60 |
Los Angeles Times
Robin Rauzi
It may be a hard sell to the Gameboy generation, but The Basket has charms that may be more evident to adults.
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| 50 |
Chicago Tribune
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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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Amiable though slow-going.
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| 50 |
New York Post
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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| 50 |
Village Voice
Emily Borrow
Combines the wholesomeness of "Old Yeller" with the moral and physical claustrophobia of "The Waltons."
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| 50 |
San Francisco Examiner
Earnest and kid-friendly -- also simplistic and dramatically creaky.
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| 50 |
New York Daily News
You have no idea how determined director Rich Cowan is to suck the last drop of sap out of this tree.
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| 40 |
Chicago Reader
Clunky and obvious.
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| 33 |
Portland Oregonian
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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| 30 |
TV Guide
Despite the overplotting, there's scarcely any of the characterization that might have made some of it interesting.
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