The story of Eli Smith (Jesse Eisenberg), a piano prodigy, dealing with his troubled mother, Penny (Melissa Leo), and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer, Sprinkles (Tracy Morgan), on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future, and the possibilities of love.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Eli Smith (Jesse Eisenberg), a piano prodigy, dealing with his troubled mother, Penny (Melissa Leo), and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer, Sprinkles (Tracy Morgan), on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future, and the possibilities of love.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhy Stop Now takes large themes much manhandled as movie cliches, and treats them with care and respect. It likes the characters. So did I. |
| AV ClubScott TobiasSlips into the no-man's land between screwball and melodrama, squandering both the comic opportunities of an irrational search for drugs and the raw desperation of a piano prodigy who's held captive by his mother's dysfunction. |
| honeycuttshollywood.comKirk HoneycuttEach actor is adept at twisting a line or bit of spectacular illogic so gasps turn to laughs. |
| The PlaylistGabe ToroIt's well-acted, certainly, though these performances belong in a film with sharper pacing, one that breathes easily. But, this directorial debut from Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner breathes like a frequent smoker: in fits and starts, peppered with coughs and dry heaves. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesJesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, and Tracy Morgan make an unlikely but entertaining trio in this frantic shaggy-dog story. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfIsn't very funny or poignant, drifting somewhere in between while the actors make the best out of a lackluster storytelling situation. |
| New York PostKyle SmithAcquires a little vigor and some fun from Tracy Morgan as a friendly drug dealer who lives with his mom. |
| QuickflixRichard HaridyIt descends into a series of mawkish, over-melodramatic scenes that are entirely unearned and often unpleasantly noisy. It's never especially funny or dramatic and leaves the viewer feeling unsure of what the filmmakers were really trying to achieve. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineBoasts such a diverse cast of recognizable faces that you have to wonder where it all went wrong..a half-hearted tale that should land with more impact than it does. |
| myfilmblogKam WilliamsDelivers just enough laughs to remain recommended, despite the fact that this hard to pigeonhole head-scratcher would have benefited from making a total commitment to either comedy or a drama. |
