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The Hollars
A romantic tale interspersed with difficult situations in John's life that his mother, Sally, has a brain tumor, joins his brother Ron, his father, Don, beside her. Dr. Fung tells her that the tumor is due to be removed later this week. John also faces the birth of his first child with his girlfriend Rebecca. On the day of the operation, the doctors succeeded in removing the tumor, but later, died with Don in her side. Without emotional reading Sally wrote before her death. The Reverend Dan marries John and Rebecca, and then, in the middle of their mother's funeral, John, Ron, and Rebecca do not rush to the hospital when she goes into labor.
27 February 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 August 1985, Portland, Maine, USA
23 September 1947, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
28 November 1984, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
3 February 1947, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA
9 February 1976, New York City, New York, USA
27 November 1973, Johannesburg, South Africa
March 17, 2017
Fun situations and dialogues are scarce and dramatic moments become trivialized until they're deprived of any capacity to move. [Full review in Spanish]
March 06, 2017
A film that possesses a certain personality, given that it give its characters a force above the archetype they represent, but in the long run, it's not enough. [Full review in Spanish]
September 01, 2016
"The Hollars" is an uneven, ineffective and self-conscious dysfunctional family comedy/drama with a Sundance-y vibe, and scene after scene in which the greatly talented and usually quite likable cast members keep stepping in big piles of wrong choices.
October 05, 2016
Maybe there's a longer, more graceful earlier version out there. Maybe there's an earlier version of the screenplay that emphasizes authenticity over punchlines. But what's on screen feels like an overly cautious, watered-down final draft.
March 22, 2017
With a certain hint of dark comedy, Jim Strouse's script talks about the economic crisis, small business's problems and the return of the forty-year-old to home. [Full review in Spanish]
January 01, 2017
The Hollars does achieve occasional poignant moments, most of them due to Martindale's warm presence and the goodwill she inspires. But the other actors have little to work with.
September 08, 2016
Opening with a promising first act comprising well-observed, edgy humor, the film ends with an overdose of treacle so syrupy, so pungent, it will unsettle the strongest tummy.
March 14, 2017
The director manages to give the film that fair dose of sentimentalism and a cute sense of humor without being cheesy, all thanks to a perfect cast of actors. [Full review in Spanish]
September 01, 2016
If Krasinski relates in any significant way to his character's self-doubt, you wouldn't know it from the movie, on which he does confident double duty as director.
September 08, 2016
It is a perfect storm of boredom.
September 15, 2016
Krasinski, who also directed the film, may have spread himself too thin; there's a desperation about the closing scenes, cluttered as they are with bouncy pop songs on the soundtrack.
September 01, 2016
Jenkins and Martindale, both old hands at this sort of "dramedy" material, come through for Krasinski as the story darkens in the second half.