Saint Ralph: Critic Reviews

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  • Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)
    42
    It's as if Max Fischer from Rushmore turned, mid-movie, into Billy Elliot.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)
    20
    This crude, inspirational tear-jerker is as sweet as a bowl of instant oatmeal smothered in molasses.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)
    88
    It's worth seeking out this bittersweet comedy with its emotionally resonant story and stellar performances.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)
    63
    As predictably uplifting movies go, Saint Ralph isn't completely charmless.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Ed Park Village Voice (Top Critic)
    Ralph Walker is no Max Fischer, and his monomania gets dull fast.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)
    50
    Writer-director Michael McGowan must be exhausted after all the tugging he does on our heartstrings in this sentimental drama.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Michael Hardy Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)
    38
    It's hard to dislike schmaltz as mild as Saint Ralph, but let's try: The film is as bland as a communion wafer, sentimental as a Christmas homily, and predictable as the liturgy.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Nancy Churnin Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)
    84
    Touches the heart in unexpected ways.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Lisa Kennedy Denver Post (Top Critic)
    63
    What began as a too familiar coming-of-age story set in an all-boys Catholic school steadily morphs into something arguably as familiar but more satisfying -- a triumphant sports tale.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Howard Gensler Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)
    A fine, small movie that deserves a long run.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)
    63
    Canadian writer-director Michael McGowan has packed it so full of earnestness that viewers end up jogging along.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)
    70
    Written with the glee of a scheming Catholic schoolboy, but its geniality outstrips its plausibility.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Rex Reed New York Observer (Top Critic)
    [The] film never runs out of surprises.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)
    McGowan employs well-apportioned measures of droll humor and emotional urgency while spinning the story of Ralph Walker.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)
    88
    Writer-director Michael McGowan proves there's a reason people keep making underdog sports movies.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)
    60
    Full Review » 3 years ago
  • Susan Walker Toronto Star (Top Critic)
    48
    Thanks to the charm brought to the role of Ralph by young Adam Butcher, and strong performances from Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer Tilly and Shauna MacDonald, credibility is achieved.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)
    50
    Unrepentant hokum.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Michael Rechtshaffen Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)
    A tart and tender comedy that pulls off a little miracle of its own by being genuinely heartwarming without leaving any cloyingly sticky emotional residue.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)
    60
    An amiable sentimental fantasy, joining running, religion and a boy with a whole lot of problems into an earnest production that entertains even as it milks some of its situations for all they're worth.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Bruce Feld Film Journal International
    What writer-director Michael McGowan has pulled off is a bit of a miracle.
    Full Review » 5 years ago
  • Carolyn Arends Christianity Today
    75
    For the jaded moviegoer, here's a little film that just might restore your faith -- in movies and a whole lot more.
    Full Review » 6 years ago
  • Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily
    75
    A likable little underdog-triumphs drama from Canada... This is a case where my idealistic side won out over my cynical side.
    Full Review » 6 years ago
  • Film Threat
    70
    Full Review » 6 years ago
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Full Review » 7 years ago
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