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People Like Us (12A)

People Like Us (12A)

Drama

While settling his recently deceased father's estate, a salesman discovers he has a sister whom he never knew about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family and life choices.


The critical consensus

Banks 
is great, but when the ­chemistry ­between the step-siblings drifts weirdly and carelessly into ­incest territory, they are clearly not people like us.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 04/11/2012

The saving grace here is Pfeiffer, who dares to look pale, ill and resentful for much of the film, an intense performance wasted on this oddball story.

**(*)(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 05/11/2012

Essentially a sub-Cameron Crowe vomit-fest.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 08/11/2012

The long-deferred truth bomb remains a maddening dramatic device at the best of times, and Alex Kurtzman’s banal therapeutic exercise is very much not the best of times.

**(*)(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 08/11/2012

The title is an absurd misnomer: these aren't people like us, they're people like you see in movies, obeying movie-ish standards of behaviour.

**(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 08/11/2012

Contrived and overplotted, People Like Us still works as a wallow of a tearjerker thanks to a strong cast.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 09/11/2012

There are tiny elements which impress, but Pine's reformed shyster is hard horse to want to back.

**(*)(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 08/11/2012

The laudable attempts at realism are ultimately overtaken by the usual mushiness, complete with moral messages, but for a while People Like Us dares to be a bit different and is all the better for it.

***(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 08/11/2012

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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