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08/12/05
Young Girl and the Monsoon (2001)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 10 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Synopsis: Hank, 39, like most people about to hit forty, can feel things catching up to him. At the same time distant and caring, Hank is a single parent. And his 13 year-old daughter, Constance, is there to remind him that in fact things are not only catching up, they're closing fast. Hank has guilt... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Terry Kinney, Mili Avital, Tim Guinee, Diane Venora
Reviews
1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Actors move as though they were confined to a small space, hindering their expressive ability.
06/02/01
This scattershot little movie doesn't have nearly enough going on in it.
05/21/01
A fine example of how a character-based story can be so compelling you don't miss the frills.
05/16/01
The strength of the film lies in Ryan's ability to make us care about all of his characters and to make them highly credible and specific.
05/14/01
Top Critic
It's clear that writer-director James Ryan views his characters through a highly self-indulgent lens.
05/04/01
One's admiration for the filmmaker's familial concerns offsets many of its shortcomings.
05/04/01
Crackles dangerously to life whenever Constance (who narrates the film) is on the screen with her father Hank.
05/04/01
Top Critic
It's incessantly verbose, so stuffed with explanation and exposition it's as if Ryan finds the idea of even the most basic visual expression unwarranted.
05/04/01
Writer and director James Ryan invests this touching drama with emotional power and deft psychological nuances.
05/03/01
Ryan hits and misses, but when he's on, he shows an insight for how people reveal themselves subconsciously in the quick of the moment.
05/03/01
Ryan is too sweet on his characters, or perhaps his actors, to sketch their arcs with sufficient stringency.
05/02/01
A story that isn't as yawn-worthy as it is wholly unconvincing, both as a premise and a recognizable representation of something real and tangible.
04/30/01
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