No. 2 (Naming Number Two) (2008)

Critic Reviews

• Dennis Harvey, Variety

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

• Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews

  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.

• Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

  An involving story, even if the story structure betrays its stage roots.

• , Reel.com

  A dull and utterly routine ensemble dramedy.

• Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

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

• Paul Brenner, Filmcritic.com

  it works because Ruby Dee has willed it so

• Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve

  [A] generally torpid movie.

• Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio

  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.

• Michael Ferraro, Film Threat

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

• Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

  Dee turns in a fine performance as Nana Maria.

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