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Standing Still

EMAILPRINTFreestyle Releasing LLC

Standing Still reviews
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10.0 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 8 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Matthew Perniciaro
Timm Sharp

Directed by: Matthew Cole Weiss

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 21, 2006
DVD: June 26, 2007

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use

Starring Jon Abrahams, Amy Adams, Ethan Embry, Adam Garcia, Lauren German, Colin Hanks, Marne Patterson, Melissa Sagemiller, Aaron Stanford, Mena Suvari, and James Van Der Beek

When a group of college friends re-unite four years after graduation, anything can and will happen. (Freestyle Releasing)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

60

Variety Justin Chang

Surfing the crowd in Altman-lite style, pic skims the surface entertainingly but goes limp in its stabs at seriousness, especially in the final scenes, which all but drown in emotional confrontations and hasty happy endings.

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50

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

The drama never gets too deep or the comedy too funny in this L.A.-centric story that feels more like a pilot for a "Friends"-style series.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Neither as dull nor as insufferably smug as it could easily have been.

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40

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

The script (by Matthew Perniciaro and Timm Sharp) is trite, and the direction so flat that every scene looks like it was shot in a broom closet, but the bright young cast makes things more bearable than they should be.

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40

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

Sets out to be a baby "Big Chill" but plays out like an unsold Fox pilot.

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40

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

Wants to be an honest, earnest look at the difficulties of growing up and moving on, but it remains stuck in such a fantasy-laden milieu that the characters never feel particularly real, and their problems seem phony and arbitrary.

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40

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Yet another movie dedicated to privileged self-involvement; just once, it would be nice to observe the early-adulthood traumas of, say, some plumbers or pipe fitters. Surely they have friends, too.

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25

New York Post Lou Lumenick

There are bachelor and bachelorette parties, as well as much misbehavior, in this glossy and unconvincing little flick, receiving a vanity booking on the way to video.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

jared b. gave it a10:
This movie was amazing. I was at the premiere in L.A. and I was not sure what to expect at first because I know there was a tight budget, but the cast was amazing and the first time director seemed to know exactly what he was doing. Everyone should go see this film!

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