Loggerheads Critic Reviews

Kirkman is shrewd enough to coax a wistful performance out of pretty boy Kip Pardue.Read the full review

Slow, unadorned, compassionate, and earnest, Loggerheads is a low-fi throwback to the independent films of the 1980s and '90s.Read the full review

Developments unfold according to the needs of the characters. The movie is not about springing surprises on us, but about showing these people in a process of discovery. The performances are not pitched toward melodrama; the actors all find the right notes and rhythms for scenes in which life goes on and everything need not be solved in three lines of dialogue.Read the full review

For a film in a naturalistic mode, Loggerheads gets a shade too elliptical at its finish but still leaves a deep impression as to how irrevocable life's choices can be.Read the full review

If it isn't easy being any of the troubled people wandering through the film, Loggerheads makes it easy not only to believe in them, but to care about them as well.Read the full review

If Loggerheads sometimes feels too forced, it features some unforgettable performances, especially by Hunt, an accomplished comedienne who makes an impressive debut as a dramatic lead here.Read the full review

A little less earnestness could have done this movie some good.Read the full review

A respectably crafted, earnest ensemble drama.Read the full review

A drama that is more contemplative at times than dramatic yet one containing several powerful moments.Read the full review