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No. 2 (Naming Number Two) (2008)

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A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor.

PG, 1 hr. 34 min.

Drama, Comedy

Toa Fraser

Cyan Pictures

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (5)

Assured handling and an appealing cast make this a deserving crowd-pleaser.

January 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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There's food for thought in 'Naming Number Two,' but staginess in conception and acting, bad pacing, and triteness are together too much to overcome.

April 23, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
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An involving story, even if the story structure betrays its stage roots.

August 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall

A dull and utterly routine ensemble dramedy.

July 28, 2007 Comment
Reel.com

Naming Number Two peddles familial reconciliation while making one pine for familial annihilation.

July 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

it works because Ruby Dee has willed it so

July 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

[A] generally torpid movie.

July 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Compuserve | Comment
Compuserve

As usual, it's always up to the small budget indies to act as a corrective to Hollywood misperceptions and misconceptions, in this case the longstanding stereotypical depiction of elders.

July 1, 2007 Full Review | Comment
WBAI Web Radio

Suffering from a formulaic story, ridden with clichés, the film has enough remarkable performances to make up for where it lacks. Not entirely, though.

January 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Dee turns in a fine performance as Nana Maria.

January 24, 2006 Full Review | Comment
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
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Audience Reviews for No. 2 (Naming Number Two)

A unique and heartfelt drama with some great pieces of acting and a fantastic fight scene to the song "Bathe in the River". Ruby Dee performs amazingly as the matriarch of the family.

February 23, 2008
BabyFratelli6964
Tom Augustine

¦wietny scenariusz. Aktorstwo takie sobie.

August 14, 2008
askakoll
Aska Koll

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