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An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
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| The Film StageJordan RaupDespite the contrived drama surrounding it, this is a refreshingly uncynical portrait of familial strife. |
| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickJackson, Lynskey and Ellis all deliver effortless performances that further illuminate an essential narrative. |
| New York TimesNeil GenzlingerIt avoids the big confrontation or grand statement; doing so allows it to be an effective, if somewhat uneventful, study of the Brooklyn bubble effect. |
| TheWrapTricia OlszewskiLittle Boxes has good intentions if not the subtlest delivery. |
| RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaLittle Boxes doesn’t manage to summon as much unique insight into prejudice as screenwriter Annie Howell and director Ron Meyer probably expected to achieve. But what keeps their movie watchable is that Lynskey, Ellis and Jackson are completely believable as a loving family unit. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLynskey, Ellis, and Jackson are charming enough to buoy this lightly dramatic tale, but with a laid-back energy the stakes are never quite high enough. “Little Boxes” offers tame social commentary in a pleasant package. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyWriter Annie J. Howell and director Rob Meyer stack up their woes without making them feel contrived, so when the breakdown comes, it's real, and it's heartbreaking. |
| VarietyGeoff BerkshireEven as some of the supporting players and subplots veer toward caricature, the family dynamics at the film’s center remain entirely relatable. |
| IndiewireDavid EhrlichAs knowing and perceptive as Howell’s script can be, it fails to galvanize its most sensitive ideas into compelling drama, and Meyer doesn’t recognize where a spark might be necessary. |
| Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaLittle Boxes at least acknowledges that messiness in a manner that feels like the filmmakers honestly, if at times clumsily, wrestling with an agonizingly complex issue. |