The Big Chill: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 31 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

An irresistibly satisfying cultural artifact.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Vincent Canby New York Times (Top Critic)

70

The performances represent ensemble playing of an order Hollywood films seldom have time for, with the screenplay providing each character with at least one big scene.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

63

It has all the right moves. It knows all the right words. Its characters have all the right clothes, expressions, fears, lusts and ambitions. But there's no payoff and it doesn't lead anywhere.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

There is no place for depth or nuance in this slickly engineered complacency machine.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

Characters are generally middle-of-the-roaders, and pic lacks a tough-minded spokesman who might bring them all up short for a moment.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Richard Corliss TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

Funny and ferociously smart.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Film4

An always entertaining and perceptive film that hardly ever lapses into sentimentality.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Michael Scheinfeld TV Guide's Movie Guide

63

Strong acting and a string of classic rock and soul tunes make up for a superficial script.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Empire Magazine

80

An entertaining look at the 80s embourgeoisement of 60s student activists steers skillfully between social satire and sentiment.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

59

More significant sociologically than artistically, Kasdan's portrait of the Baby Boom generation--the Yuppie--is a zeitgeist film that is enjoyable due to strong ensemble acting and popular tunes.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

50

Shallow nostalgia-trip flick.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Susan Granger www.susangranger.com

100

Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

80

Full Review » 6 years ago
Time Out

It's perceptive, affectionate and often very funny.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS)

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

80

A truly unforgettable motion picture, with a killer soundtrack
Full Review » 7 years ago
Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

100

A thoroughly entertaining, fluid and wonderfully relaxed movie that delivers some of the finest ensemble acting to be seen on the screen for years.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central

60

Full Review » 9 years ago
Alex Sandell Juicy Cerebellum

40

Three words: 'yadda, yadda, yadda.'
Full Review » 9 years ago
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle

The ease with which the group falls back into their old patterns of trust and familiarity after an awkwardly long period of separation is narratively convenient, but not really probable.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

60

Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

20

Full Review » 10 years ago
Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium

60

Full Review » 10 years ago