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Critics Consensus: The Fundamentals of Caring gets maximum mileage out of the chemistry between its well-matched leads as it follows a fairly well-worn coming-of-age road trip route.
Critic Consensus: The Fundamentals of Caring gets maximum mileage out of the chemistry between its well-matched leads as it follows a fairly well-worn coming-of-age road trip route.
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All Critics (34) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (8)
Death, taxes, the enduring adorability of Paul Rudd: these things, at least, we know for certain.
A strained, overly familiar tale of catharsis and redemption.
The cast all turn in convincing performances, and the dialogue is occasionally quite clever ...
The pleasures of Rudd overpower the programmatic elements.
I enjoyed "Fundamentals of Caring," but it's hard not to notice it amounts to a checklist of all the things that were once supposed to add up to an inspiring indie hit.
With material this familiar, casting is crucial. And Burnett has a pair of aces up his sleeve in Paul Rudd and Craig Roberts ...
Fairly standard road trip comedy made enjoyable by some solid gags and a strong cast.
Is "The Fundamentals of Caring" overly heartwarming? No. It's a road trip movie that starts off well enough but eventually becomes very forced and hard to take seriously.
[Paul] Rudd is the kind of actor that is so innately watchable, with the boyish, ageless good looks of a Tom Cruise, but the everyman likability of a Jack Lemmon, it feels all but impossible at this point for him not to brighten whatever movie he is in.
Unforgettable, poignant dark comedy has lots of cursing.
Like a lazy stand-up, writer-director Rob Burnett leans on F-bombs for his laughs in this blandly predictable terminal illness road comedy.
A dramedy about a sensitive caregiver and the teenage boy he looks after.
A heartwarmingly funny and cute story of self discovery and friendship.
Super Reviewer
Another of those quirky little indie movies that try so hard to please Sundance, and while I really like it in its first hour (especially because of its performances), it almost sinks in its third act when it starts to give in to unnecessary clichés and some cheap sentimentality.
A few laughs. Didn't expect to like it, but was quite a nice movie.
Lovable mix of "Intouchables" and "Little Miss Sunshine". While it starts out a bit slow, once the humor hits the ground running there is plenty to admire here. Handicapped people have the same right to be made fun of like anyone else, right? Rudd's charm works great in this role, the rest of the cast is just as excellent. Of course some parts end up a little cheesy, but they are always countered by a great sense of humor way beyond the politically correct scale. Feel-good movie with lots of heart and laughs.
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