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Welcome to the Rileys (15)

Drama

On a business trip to New Orleans, a damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman.


The critical consensus

Stewart’s strung-out, frowzy performance is a timely reminder that the girl can act, but despite strong work from all three leads, the facile screenplay runs out of things to say fairly quickly.

**(*)(*)(*)Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 17/11/2011

The dialogue and ponderous drama got lost even before the camera rolled.

**(*)(*)(*)Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 17/11/2011

You're welcome to them.

**(*)(*)(*)Chris Tookey, Daily Mail, 17/11/2011

It's a well-made film, and New Orleans is crisply and interestingly shot by cinematographer Christopher Soos, but this ultimately looks like a TV movie dressed up for the big screen.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 17/11/2011

Director Jake Scott respects the tenderness of Ken Hixon's not-quite-believable script. Even at its most pat and sentimental, you never doubt its heart.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 18/11/2011

[Kristen Stewart] sn’t entirely convincing but then neither is this stilted, glum little drama.

**(*)(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 18/11/2011

Downbeat and with little to say about the grieving process, but Gandolfini and Leo are memorable. Stewart is not.

***(*)(*)Daily Record, 18/11/2011

It's a preposterous story, yet for part of its duration at least, Gandolfini as the slouching, baggily dressed Doug and Leo as the reawakened wife manage to make it rather touching.

Philip French, The Observer, 20/11/2011

Handicapped by its paper-thin premise, even a strong cast can’t lift Jake ‘son of Ridley’ Scott’s film out of indie-by-numbers mediocrity.

**(*)(*)(*)Simon Kinnear, Total Film, 18/11/2011

Welcome to the Rileys (15)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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