Finding You (film)
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Aug 26, 2016 · "The Hollars" is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski, longtime costar of "The Office," directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse ("Lonesome Jim," "The Winning Season"), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors don't seem too interested in showing anymore.
Aug 26, 2016 · The Hollars: Directed by John Krasinski. With Margo Martindale, Sharlto Copley, Richard Jenkins, John Krasinski. A man returns to his small hometown after learning that his mother has fallen ill and is about to undergo surgery.
Good not great, but OK to keep around for a later watching. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating Cast & Crew
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Aug 25, 2016 · Too much happens too quickly in “The Hollars” for the story to be credible, but the film has some likable qualities, among them the fun of seeing actors in unexpected roles.. The movie is ...
Kids say ( 1 ): This movie is an empathetic, sometimes funny exploration of a dysfunctional family desperately trying to be functional in the face of bad news. Unfortunately, The Hollars can get in its own way. For starters, Krasinski, who also directed, overuses music in the movie, as if unwilling to trust that audiences will understand its ...
"The Hollars" doesn't aspire to be anything it's not, and although this makes it predictable, Krasinski does a good job giving the movie its own persona and charisma to make it worth checking out.
8/10. "Don't waste time with the bad, live with the good". paul-allaer 27 September 2016. "The Hollars" (2016 release; 90 min.) brings the story of the Hollar family. As the movie opens, Sally (the matriarch so to speak) is found laying on the bathroom floor, and we soon learn that she has a potentially life-threatening brain tumor ("the size ...
