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10/27/06
Naming Number Two (2007)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:5
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.3/10
Synopsis: Nanna Maria's last feast might be her family's last hope. This New Zealand hit took the World Dramatic Cinema Audience Award at Sundance 2006, was an official selection at Berlin 2006, and won four... [More]
Reviews for Naming Number Two
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThere's food for thought in 'Naming Number Two,' but staginess in conception and acting, bad pacing, and triteness are together too much to overcome.
04/23/08
An involving story, even if the story structure betrays its stage roots.
08/07/07
A dull and utterly routine ensemble dramedy.
07/28/07
Top CriticNaming Number Two peddles familial reconciliation while making one pine for familial annihilation.
07/27/07
it works because Ruby Dee has willed it so
07/26/07
[A] generally torpid movie.
07/21/07
As usual, it's always up to the small budget indies to act as a corrective to Hollywood misperceptions and misconceptions, in this case the longstanding stereotypical depiction of elders.
07/01/07
Assured handling and an appealing cast make this a deserving crowd-pleaser.
01/31/06
Top CriticSuffering from a formulaic story, ridden with clichés, the film has enough remarkable performances to make up for where it lacks. Not entirely, though.
01/31/06
Dee turns in a fine performance as Nana Maria.
01/24/06
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