Metacritic Film

Molly

Starring Elizabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy, Thomas Jane, D.W. Moffett, Elizabeth Mitchell, Robert Harper, and Lucy Liu

MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some sex-related material and nudity

MGM
Comedy  |  Drama  |  Romance
89 minutes | Color
USA
Released In Theaters October 8, 1999

Molly McKay (Shue) is a mentally challenged young woman whose genius is unleashed after she undergoes a program of highly experimental treatments. (MGM)

WRITTEN BY
Dick Christie

DIRECTED BY
John Duigan

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

21 / 100

Critic Reviews

50 New York Post
Shallow and blatantly manipulative variation on "Awakenings" in which every plot development is telegraphed.
50 Los Angeles Times
It is moving and has been well-crafted with much care.
40 TV Guide
For all its sensitivity, the film abounds with movie cliches about the developmentally challenged.
30 Variety Lael Lowenstein
A shamelessly sentimental story.
30 LA Weekly Stefan Thiel
This movie's already been entertaining (or boring) airline passengers for months.
30 The New York Times
(Shue's) sweetly likable performance is the only coherent element in a film that has the impersonal feel of a television drama slapped together in a rush.
25 Christian Science Monitor
Shallow and sentimental in the sappiest Hollywood tradition.
25 New York Daily News
Derivative to the point of distraction.
6 Mr. Showbiz
It's a sugar rush that'll leave you feeling like a rotten cavity.
0 Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
Viewers will never be molly-fied by this tripe.

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