A Good Person

"An ordeal of excruciating contrived nonsense..."

"Saccharine..."

"A terrible movie."

"A near-great movie."

"Heavy-handed..."

"An excellent Florence Pugh can’t save this melodramatic mess."

"The intentions of the movie are clear and admirable, but the execution... misses the mark."

"Much of the film reads as a crassly manufactured setup for the arc of redemption and healing that follows."

"Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman lift Zach Braff’s laboured trauma drama."

"The latest torrent of miscalculated uplift from cineaste Zach Braff..."

"Braff's third film as a writer/director shows steps towards maturation, and features two solid lead performances."

"In due course, Braff’s toughest, messiest movie spins out of his control."

"A bad movie about unreal people."

"The drama is a cluster of scenes with bad dialogue and platitudes instead of actual pathos. The comedy comes in when it’s uncalled for, breaking whatever genuine emotion the actors worked hard to craft."

"(Braff) achieves something accomplished by no other filmmaker to date: he extracts a bad performance from Florence Pugh."

"An otherwise average melodrama is elevated by two movie stars on top form."

"Lord knows, Braff is no social realist."

"Braff anchors the film with tender-hearted, touching performances..."

"(Braff) continues to be an aggravatingly unsubtle filmmaker..."

"A Good Person highlights the director’s inability to deal with heavier material."

"A haunting slice of real life..."

"(Pugh) plays a young woman dealing with PTSD, a dependency on pills, and personal demons. You know the drill."

"It's got its moments, but a very frustrating film overall."

"The tone is jarring throughout, mostly preachy and po-faced, and built upon several awkwardly overperformed scenes..."