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Mostly Martha (2002) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mostly Martha (2002) a score of 2.9010 out of 4
based on (21) reviews
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Mostly Martha (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The plot unfolds exactly as you expect, but Gedeck imbues Martha with a remarkably subtlety of spirit. ...read the complete Mostly Martha movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Mostly Martha (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)
Nettelbeck's storytelling grace, however, only highlights her clumsy script, which drags the viewer through an all-too-predictable menu of catharsis and romance that can overpower the film’s subtler, more complex flavors. ...read the complete Mostly Martha movie review at LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)
Mostly Martha (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Becomes precisely the sort of film its elements demand. As tearful goodbyes and joyful montage sequences set to lite-jazz saxophoning take over, "neatly winsome" trumps "messy drama" yet again. ...read the complete Mostly Martha movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Mostly Martha (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
If there's nothing here for romantics, there's even less for gourmands. Nettelbeck fails to produce a good food metaphor, let alone an impressive, palate-aching preparation ...read the complete Mostly Martha movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Mostly Martha (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
It's a drag how Nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding; there's a puritan, even punitive, cast to the way she sees her character, whose pathology she digs at with the tenacity of a ...read the complete Mostly Martha movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
 
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2.6475
Mostly Martha (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
2.9010
Mostly Martha (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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