Labor Day
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
10 January 1976, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
9 January 1955, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1982, Medford, Oregon, USA
16 September 1997, New York City, New York, USA
12 February 1968, Santa Monica, California, USA
3 September 1993, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
December 19, 1944 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
29 May 1993, Santa Barbara, California, USA
22 May 1967, New York City, New York, USA
15 December 1965, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
June 05, 2016
'Labor Day' is an example of why, when the world self-destructs, all that will be left is cockroaches, and romance novels. And Keith Richards. Okay, never mind that last one.
February 01, 2014
Jason Reitman forgot the tapioca.
January 31, 2014
Engagingly sappy.
November 09, 2015
The fantasy it presents is easy to mock, but delicious all the same.
June 23, 2016
The three central performances are amazingly complex and introspective, each actor providing the perfect mix of either apprehension or confidence.
March 18, 2014
If you have even the tiniest cynical bone in your body, avoid. You'll find Labor Day more sugary than a cronut.
February 01, 2014
"Labor" isn't just a word in the title of Jason Reitman's new film, it's a description of what it feels like to sit through the movie.
June 18, 2016
Too often, 'Labor Day' feels like a sternly resolved, self-consciously determined break from that tradition, a filmmaker deciding "I am making a Serious Drama" and steadfastly refusing to allow even a note of levity into the proceedings.
May 12, 2015
So histrionically abysmal that it makes you realize how lazy and complacent most other movies are in their banal mediocrity. The atrociousness is thrilling. As I left the theater, I felt alive again.
January 31, 2014
And you thought The Hobbit was a fantasy.
July 14, 2015
It sort of sits in a blank, defeated slump.
January 31, 2014
The story unfolds with an earnestness so implacable that on the rare occasions when a bit of humor sneaks into the proceedings it feels like an uninvited party guest.
