Take Care

Name: Take Care
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: December 5, 2014
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 34

2014

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critics

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Take Care

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Phase 4 Films | Release Date: December 5, 2014

Summary: When a car crash leaves Frannie (Leslie Bibb) immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn, Frannie reluctantly calls her ex, Devon (Thomas Sadoski), for help. It isn't before long that old wounds emerge, and are made worse when Devon's crazy new girlfriend also shows up.

Director: Liz Tuccillo

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Village Voice - Kate Conger

Dec 11, 2014

It's only in the closing moments when Tuccillo lets up, delivering a skip-into-the-sunset ending that seems a bit canned. Take Care's laughs feel better than its romance. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Glenn Kenny

Dec 5, 2014

What exerts an odd fascination here is that each character heartily embodies a different variety of solipsistic creep; you start feeling sorry for the creators of the movie for having to live among such awful people. Then it dawns on you that the film’s creators don’t find these people awful at all — they find them normal. Terrifying, really. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Dec 4, 2014

Never manages to rise above its thin premise, with its claustrophobic setting smacking more of stage than screen. Read full review

The Playlist - Kimber Myers

Dec 14, 2014

Though the plot gets points for originality, there may be a reason why no one has told this story before: it’s ridiculous. But Take Care occasionally succeeds with funny dialogue and performances from Leslie Bibb and Thomas Sadoski. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service - Roger Moore

Dec 2, 2014

Take Care manages, more often than not, to rise to the level of pleasant time killer, a rom-com with just enough surprises to justify getting those New York filming permits. Read full review

New York Post - Kyle Smith

Dec 3, 2014

Thin yet excruciating, the film is a quintessential vanity production. The script feels like a first draft that aspired merely to mediocrity and fell well short. Read full review

The Dissolve - Andrew Lapin

Dec 2, 2014

The movie is dreadful, filled with painfully broad humor, grating performances, and acidly rendered characters. Read full review

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Nov 7, 2015

This is a lovely film.
The main character is Frannie, played by Leslie Bibb, who was hit by a car and is confined to her apartment in New York. She convinces an ex-boyfriend to take care of her, unraveling a series of minor disturbances in the lives of her friends and neighbors.
It’s aThis is a lovely film.
The main character is Frannie, played by Leslie Bibb, who was hit by a car and is confined to her apartment in New York. She convinces an ex-boyfriend to take care of her, unraveling a series of minor disturbances in the lives of her friends and neighbors.
It’s a funny film. The acting is understated, with subtle performances throughout, all nicely directed. The film moves at it’s own pace, unforced and unpretentious. I liked the mix of characters, liked the unobtrusive camerawork, the natural lighting, the editing, the music… have I left anything out?
As Frannie, Leslie Bibb is a charming Frannie; she’s sunny and half-silly, but likeable in spite of herself. Thomas Sadowski plays her ex-boyfriend, and while he doesn’t seem charged enough, or busy enough, to have recently closed a 6 million dollar web deal, it’s a minor point. He conveys his conversion from mildly irritated caretaker-draftee to newly smitten ex-boyfriend smoothly, and effortlessly.
The spark plug in the film is Betty Gilpin, who nails her character with the funniest performance of the film, whipping us through emotional changes like a drunk butterfly, sometimes cramming a handful of abrupt reversals into a single scene. And her character knows she’s a case, too; a dimension of acting not easy to pull off.
So many films are filled with over-inflated, bombastic performances, it feels a bit strange to be among un-hyped simplicity. You have to be able to appreciate nuance, to enjoy this film; not everything should have to be larger than life. It's a non-movie movie - and what a contrast to the overproduced, gaudy pieces of Oscar bait from Spielberg or Scorsese, or any of the other vaudeville acts.… Expand

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