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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyHas a warm and intimate feel that helps push it a little deeper than its cable movie-of-the-week blueprint.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWell-paced and solidly crafted.
- 60VarietyVarietyCovers familiar territory unevenly, but Gil Cates Jr. directs his freshman feature with a mostly assured hand.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe main characters are defined by their problems, and the secondary characters (notably Brigette's parents) are so crudely drawn it's hard to imagine what Cates was thinking.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceSo committed to its by-the-numbers banality you wonder why it isn't part of the fall TV lineup.
- 30The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottBy the end the most vivid figure on the screen is the lovable doggie who goes wherever dangling fingers are waiting to give the happy pooch a scratch.
- 30L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmLamely engineered and thoroughly exploited tragedy.
- 25New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanThe film is only 91 minutes long, but it seemed to stretch out for days.