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A divorced mom tries to make peace with her dysfunctional family as she finds a second chance at love.
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| Film ThreatAlan NgAs They Made Us shines because of its cast. |
| The Film StageDan MeccaThis is ultimately a picture that offers no answers. No clean resolutions. No overtly happy endings. This is a strength. Bialik is more interested in the journey to an ending, rather than the ending itself. |
| The New York TimesLisa KennedyEven with veterans like Hoffman and Bergen, it’s Agron’s film. She and Bialik make Abigail’s filial loyalty as sympathetic as it is exasperating, and as rife with difficult truths about aging as it is understatedly hopeful about growing up. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiAs They Made Us is a very forgiving film about seemingly unforgivable pain, which is to say that it has been made with a lot of unconditional love. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireAs They Made Us is clearly a personal debut effort for Bialik, but she shows enough confidence behind the camera to make you curious about whatever other stories she has to tell. |
| VarietyTomris LafflyDespite an eager-to-please ending that tries too hard to redeem the elderly Frays, Bialik’s movie still offers up hope, humor and above all, keen observations on grief in the wake of those who’ve damaged us in ways both tangible and veiled. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe dialogue in As They Made Us rings authentic and the performances are universally strong, but there’s a dour air to the proceedings, and we wind up thinking Abigail would have been better off if she, too, had left home the moment it was possible and had never looked back. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussThe film is worth watching thanks to a flawless central performance by “Glee” alum Dianna Agron, solid elder annoyance shtick from Candice Bergen and Dustin Hoffman, and Bialik’s “Big Bang Theory” co-star Simon Helberg locating his pain and relishing every minute of it. |
| User ReviewWinter10Beautifully written and directed. A real life story. No filters. This events happens and you cannot do anything about it except move on. Simon Helberg did a magnificent job. He should be more involve in dramas. We have seen a piece of Mayim Bialik's heart. |
