
A depressed mother's husband has left her for she could not bear a second child. Living alone with her only son, she has an unlikely meeting with an injured escaped convict, and reluctantly takes him into her own care. The man proves to be better than his criminal image as the three bond over Labor Day weekend. The only problem? Everyone in town is looking for him.... (Full plot summary below)
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A depressed mother's husband has left her for she could not bear a second child. Living alone with her only son, she has an unlikely meeting with an injured escaped convict, and reluctantly takes him into her own care. The man proves to be better than his criminal image as the three bond over Labor Day weekend. The only problem? Everyone in town is looking for him.
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| ObserverRex ReedIt resonates with delicacy, passion and restraint, touching the heart in places where cynics fear to go. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA plodding, mushy melodrama in Nicholas Sparks mode [that] might have been a labor of love for Reitman, but for the audience is just laborious. |
| Screen InternationalTim GriersonA mature and assured examination of an unusual but highly functional family unit. |
| GrantlandWesley MorrisWherever he seemed to be headed after Up in the Air and Young Adult, it's a shame to see him responsible for a movie so flavorless and that makes so little sense. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...Labor Day stands as an intriguing (and promising) first step in an entirely new direction for the Juno and Young Adult filmmaker. |
| AspectRatio.usMatt KelemenMaybe Reitman felt the flashbacks gave Labor Day art-house or Oscar cred, but it falls somewhere in between. Heavy atmospherics do not a picture make, and brooding can't mask ambiguity. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerThis playing of unimaginable course changes and decision-making during a weekend in the crosshairs of life or death, of the need for meaningful contact, is a spellbinding piece of literary art. |
| The Movie MinuteJoanna LangfieldPromising pedigree aside, this nonsensical romance's a laborious entertainment. |
| Movies With ButterSara Maria VizcarrondoThe most impressively cultivated tension director Jason Reitman's made to date. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfComfort food filmmaking with a few rough edges, ideal for those who prefer to get lost at the movies, discovering strange sensuality and sturdily built drama. |