On balance, though, Turning Green is more fresh than stale. Gallery holds his own impressively with the better-known supporting players, and the script -- a Project Greenlight runner-up -- is solidly constructed.
Ends up stranded in the wilderness between comedy and rushed, halfhearted melodrama.
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
An odd little comedy drama set in Ireland that boasts more onscreen talent than it deserves.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
Turning Green is, if nothing else, the world’s loneliest teen sex comedy.
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Time OutS. James Snyder
Time OutS. James Snyder
Both 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.