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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezA genuinely sweet, charming and funny tale of identity lost and found.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film is a quiet, tender triumph that leaves you feeling as if you've been embraced without you feeling had.
- 70Village VoiceAaron HillisVillage VoiceAaron HillisKazan holds together a decent coming-of-age script that's emotionally sincere if tonally unfocused.
- 63RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comYou wish the material were more consistent for these two. Some moments are screechy, others aren't deeply emotional enough. The in-between moments in which LaMarque hits just the right note can be charming, though, and they promise better things to come.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfLaMarque foregrounds her scenario’s awkwardness—it never quite feels like a comedy—and the pair of male suitors she brings in (Jake Johnson and Ron Livingston) are, refreshingly, as unfixed as her main character. But you still wish Kazan had more to work with.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis eerily unsettling indie takes a few pleasantly unexpected turns before winding up in a traditional place. But if you think it isn’t worth the time, you have another think coming.
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloAll in all, The Pretty One is too lightweight to justify such a disturbing act of reinvention.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThe Pretty One does find a handful of genuinely sweet moments in which Basel and Laurel bond on letting their respective freak flags fly. Like the film itself, Kazan is at her best when she’s not trying so hard to be cute.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe Pretty One is intermittently charming, occasionally touching and entirely lacking in credibility.