76
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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersThe characters in The Lovers and the problems they face and struggle with feel entirely authentic, as does the magnetic chemistry between the leads.
- 85TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThis film is a real pleasure and surprise because it sees old emotions as things that can be replenished and renewed if you are open and not too rigid about the boundaries of your relationships with others.
- 80The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeRather like its central relationship, the film is messy and flawed yet painfully familiar.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Lovers is a comedy of Middle American doldrums that leaves you rooting for its characters instead of smirking at them.
- 80Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonJacobs lets casually observed details and offhand humor advance the story. There are no grand pronouncements in The Lovers, which smartly communicates its ideas about relationships during its long stretches of silence.
- 75The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAzazel Jacobs’ The Lovers is set in the sort of unremarkable, average, suburban America that is rarely depicted in American movies in anything but a negative light, usually as a place where dreams go to die. So one of the unexpected virtues of this small, thoughtful film is how it resists treating these surroundings as soul-crushing or as a symbol of the failure of middle-class mores.
- 70Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyScreen DailyDavid D'ArcyThe Lovers is shrewd, even if it’s not altogether satisfying.
- 63Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayAzazel Jacobs’s film takes some shrewd steps to update the comedy of remarriage for the age of the smartphone.
- 58The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupFeaturing superb performances from Tracy Letts and Debra Winger, writer-director Azazel Jacobs has assembled an impeccable ensemble, but his script doesn’t quite have the dramatic acumen to make his Terri follow-up much more than an amusing farce.