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.
22 May 1967, New York City, New York, USA
5 November 1953, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
21 May 1999, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
29 December 1996
1976, Manhattan, New York, USA
8 March 1977, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
1982, Medford, Oregon, USA
November 09, 2015
The fantasy it presents is easy to mock, but delicious all the same.
July 14, 2015
It sort of sits in a blank, defeated slump.
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.
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.
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.
June 23, 2016
The three central performances are amazingly complex and introspective, each actor providing the perfect mix of either apprehension or confidence.
January 31, 2014
And you thought The Hobbit was a fantasy.
February 01, 2014
Jason Reitman forgot the tapioca.
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
"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.
January 31, 2014
Engagingly sappy.
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.
