All These Small Moments

Some movies are so earnest and ask so little of you that criticizing them feels like kicking a puppy. From now on, we could call such movies All These Small Moments.

Though this sweet, subtle, and sentimental work is a smidge too simplistic in narrative design, it wins over any resistance with its quiet refinement and heartrending insight.

For her feature debut, Miller has opted to do something personal and, although the results are uneven, the intimacy of the approach is evident.

A beautifully accomplished first film.

It is hard to believe that this is Melissa Miller Costanzo's directorial debut - what magic she stirs, even in the tumultuous, it feels like "a worst fate to look away."

A collection of small and wonderful moments that added up to a pretty decent film.

It's a solid enough family and coming-of-age drama that shows a lot of promise for a new director.

All These Small Moments is chiefly about the imprecise and surprisingly scattershot process of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.

All These Small Moments is a work that seems to last approximately as long as the typical adolescence but is nowhere near as interesting.

Costanzo has a light, easy touch behind the camera. It's impossible not to vibe along with her work, unfinished as it may feel.