Nowhere Special
critic Reviews
, 100% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Focusing pragmatically on the ordinary human moments that bind us, Nowhere Special leads us somewhere devastating yet surprisingly uplifting.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It had all the potential to be a weepy you'd avoid, but it's really quite sensitive, powerful, and beautifully acted.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRex ReedObserver
For a film about loneliness and death, it’s tender, intelligent and life-affirming without ever being maudlin and mawkish. A rare and distinguished film indeed.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRandy MyersSan Jose Mercury News
Intimate rather than maudlin, this sensitive, vulnerable feature shapes into a beautiful testament to the undaunting love between a father and a son, and the ultimate gift that an ill dad can give his child.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreOdie HendersonBoston Globe
Lighter moments aside, “Nowhere Special” doesn’t sugarcoat its heartbreaking premise. The film is essentially a two-hander between Norton and Lamont, both of whom give excellent, complementary performances.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBob MondelloNPR
Writer-director Uberto Pasolini lets all of this play out without grandstanding. The filmmaker doesn't embellish.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowRogerEbert.com
There are so many ways to go wrong with this story, which we are told was inspired by an unidentified real father and son. [Pasolini] does not let that happen, relying on the most ordinary details to take on greater and greater weight.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRuth MaramisFlixChatter Film Blog
The story is inherently heartbreaking but Pasolini doesn’t drown the film with bleakness. Norton is exceptional here and the father-son relationship feels authentic.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJeff MitchellPhoenix Film Festival
‘Nowhere Special’ is a beautiful, encouraging story about the devoted bond between father and son but one wrapped in ever-present heartbreak and vulnerabilities.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDennis Harvey48 Hills
You could argue Nowhere Special is a little too spare, so tastefully restrained it almost misses touching our emotions. But that tactic pays off when, in the end, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved to tears.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNeely SwansonBeverly Hills Courier
This is a lovely film that has more to say about love than it does about dying. This perfect film will stay with you.
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