Turning Green has been on the shelf for so long that I'm afraid this forgettable film has gone bad.
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11/20/09
Turning Green (2009)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:5
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5/10
Synopsis: After his mother died and his father decided he didn’t want him, James and his little brother were shipped to Ireland from America. And that’s where we meet James, six years later in 1979, living... [More]
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Alessandro Nivola, Colm Meaney, Donal Gallery
Director: Michael Aimette, John G. Hofmann
Reviews for Turning Green
1 - 13 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Initially engaging, witty and charming, but ultimately ends up contrived and bland with an unfocused, half-baked plot.
11/13/09
Sometimes sweet but invariably slight and old-fashioned coming-of-age tale set in 1970s Ireland.
11/13/09
A whimsical dirty joke of a movie set in a picturesque Irish village.
11/13/09
Top CriticBoth Project Greenlight runners-up, directors Michael Aimette and John G. Hofmann get the teen angst and Gaelic aesthetic right; too bad their third-act thuggery isn’t just routine, but ridiculous.
11/11/09
An amusing Irish coming-of-age comedy set in 1979.
11/06/09
Top CriticWith the help of first-time performer Donal Gallery, this mix of gangster drama and quirky comedy boasts a modest charm that should appeal to young men around same age as the 16 year old lead character, despite a lack of focus and familiar twists.
11/05/09
suffers from a strangely lazy narrative and a bizarre waste of notable actors
11/05/09
Turning Green is, if nothing else, the world’s loneliest teen sex comedy.
11/05/09
An Irish-set comedy-drama, Turning Green is not particularly comic or compellingly dramatic.
10/25/09
It's clear that Mr. Hutton enjoyed every minute of doing gruff, gross thugishness and boorish simplicity.
10/20/09
Nivola makes an astounding left turn from his nice husband role in Junebug and Hutton loses himself in the sort of part fit for a Walter Hill film.
07/22/08
Top CriticStrikes a tone that deftly mixes comedy, wistfulness and bawdiness. The finished product is something to be proud of.
06/18/05
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