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The Tribes of Palos Verdes serves up a minor -- albeit alluringly atmospheric -- variation on the coming-of-age story, led by a strong performance from Maika Monroe.
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It's a gorgeous-looking, sensitively edited film to be sure, but never finds a dramatic foothold, no matter how many manic arguments and drug overdoses it throws our way. Aug 13, 2018 | Full Review…
It's a gorgeous-looking, sensitively edited film to be sure, but never finds a dramatic foothold, no matter how many manic arguments and drug overdoses it throws our way.
Emily Yoshida
What's the point of white privilege if it doesn't protect you from disaster and despair? Dec 15, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
What's the point of white privilege if it doesn't protect you from disaster and despair?
Matthew Lickona
The directors get some melancholic atmosphere out of their visuals but don't have the scene sense to build their actors' committed performances into compelling through-lines of seaside personality disintegration. Dec 7, 2017
The directors get some melancholic atmosphere out of their visuals but don't have the scene sense to build their actors' committed performances into compelling through-lines of seaside personality disintegration.
Robert Abele
It demonstrates a remarkable sense of atmosphere and place. Dec 6, 2017 | Full Review…
It demonstrates a remarkable sense of atmosphere and place.
Peter Debruge
This is pretty standard stuff, and it's not always rendered too convincingly. Dec 1, 2017 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
This is pretty standard stuff, and it's not always rendered too convincingly.
Glenn Kenny
The Malloys' filmmaking never rises to the level of the actors' nuanced performances. The actors are energized, but the camera enervates. Nov 30, 2017 | Full Review…
The Malloys' filmmaking never rises to the level of the actors' nuanced performances. The actors are energized, but the camera enervates.
Teo Bugbee
The atmospheric photography and solid acting make this worth seeing - not least for the unexpected sight of Jennifer Garner throwing some memorable wobblies as the twins' furiously neurotic mother. Feb 24, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The atmospheric photography and solid acting make this worth seeing - not least for the unexpected sight of Jennifer Garner throwing some memorable wobblies as the twins' furiously neurotic mother.
Jason Best
The Tribes of Palos Verdes has a gorgeous stylistic mood. Aug 25, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The Tribes of Palos Verdes has a gorgeous stylistic mood.
Amelie Lasker
"The Tribes of Palos Verdes" privileges melodrama over nuance, pitting skilled actors against a humdrum script and sketchy roles. Aug 13, 2018 | Rating: D | Full Review…
"The Tribes of Palos Verdes" privileges melodrama over nuance, pitting skilled actors against a humdrum script and sketchy roles.
Lena Wilson
The dynamics at play are genuine, even if the movie does take at least one melodramatic turn too many. Apr 14, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The dynamics at play are genuine, even if the movie does take at least one melodramatic turn too many.
Matt Brunson
... strains credibility while detouring into heavy-handed melodrama, and doesn't provide many avenues for audience sympathy. Dec 29, 2017 | Full Review…
... strains credibility while detouring into heavy-handed melodrama, and doesn't provide many avenues for audience sympathy.
Todd Jorgenson
Things get worse, in ways that are predictable, but the film unfolds so languidly that it ultimately feels more sad than melodramatic. Dec 27, 2017 | Full Review…
Things get worse, in ways that are predictable, but the film unfolds so languidly that it ultimately feels more sad than melodramatic.
Al Hoff
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