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Metascore
22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSurprisingly sweet and smart... LaBeouf does an excellent job, and the talented Beeney is one to watch.
- 60TV Guide MagazineAngel CohnTV Guide MagazineAngel CohnLaBeouf somehow manages to turn Kelly's self-centered behavior and irritating character quirks into a sympathetic lead, and the well-written script by newcomer Erica Beeney brings a lot of humor to some very touching moments.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIf there is a delicate story of forgiveness, friendship and family buried somewhere in Erica Beeney's script, Potelle and Rankin haven't managed to find it under the throes of empty rebellion and painless triumph.
- 50PremiereAaron HillisPremiereAaron HillisThe dubious whimsy, devoid of any directorial voice, plays more like a very special episode of Dawson’s Creek.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBest to experience Shaker Heights for what it is: not a movie, exactly, but the true season capper of ''Project Greenlight,'' a series that finds its very drama on the road to mediocrity.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIsn't bad so much as jumbled...You get the sense of too much input, too many bright ideas, too many scenes that don't belong in the same movie.
- 30VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerAlthough Erica Beeney's script beat out more than 7,000 entries, the screen version dulls her potentially distinctive voice with deadly doses of sentimentality.
- 20The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMay lead to a new axiom: success has many fathers, but failure has "Project Greenlight."
- 10Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonBrain-numbingly innocuous, cliche-soused melodrama.