Steven Lindsey Texas Triangle/TXT May 8, 2023 3/4

If there's one thing writer Tim Kirkman does extraordinarily well, it's creating complex, layered characters.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Jun 28, 2022

This has its sappy moments, but both women give wonderfully detailed performances, aided by Michael Learned as Hunt's mother and Chris Sarandon as the calm, cold minister.

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David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 9, 2020

Loggerheads proceeds at a turtle's pace. At times, you feel like you're sitting in the preacher's house, with its well-starched tablecloth and hymns for all occasions.

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Chelsea Bain Boston Herald Oct 21, 2006 3/4

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Don Willmott Filmcritic.com Apr 14, 2006 4/5

the kind of movie that makes you feel more like an eavesdropper than a viewer

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Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) Mar 3, 2006 3/4

"Loggerheads" is like a person who never raises her voice, yet somehow you know to pay attention to every word she says.

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Sean P. Means Film.com Feb 3, 2006 2.5/4

The dramatic tension is nil. But the performances, particularly by Hunt (in a non-comedic role, for a change), are worth a look.

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Phoebe Flowers South Florida Sun-Sentinel Jan 26, 2006 2/4

The movie could have benefited from a lighter touch ...

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Steve Schneider Orlando Weekly Jan 26, 2006

The movie weaves flawless performances by Bonnie Hunt, Chris Sarandon, Michael Learned and others into a mesmerizing tapestry of familial yearning and loss.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Jan 15, 2006 2.5/5

... if you can shake out some of the chafing bits of sand that weigh down Loggerheads, you'll find a heartfelt story about people coming to terms with irrevocable loss.

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Steve Murray Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan 12, 2006 B-

Despite a meandering tone, Loggerheads is consistently watchable thanks to committed actors playing recognizable, decent folks just trying to do the right thing -- or rectify mistakes of the past.

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Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Dec 28, 2005 4.5/5

The film is very smart in recognizing that being gay is about a lot more than whom you sleep with.

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Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Dec 15, 2005 1.5/4

You're in deep.

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com Dec 14, 2005 3.5/5

The stories unfold at about the speed of a turtle slowing crawling across the sand, but eventually you get the whole picture and it becomes a moving story of love and redemption.

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David Elliott San Diego Union-Tribune Dec 9, 2005 2.5/4

A chamber piece of subtle touches, finely acted, the movie has time jumps that are a little confusing.

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Michael Booth Denver Post Dec 9, 2005 3/4

This quiet community and family drama set on the North Carolina shore offers a bighearted outlook on how to absorb change and defeat.

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Ty Burr Boston Globe Dec 2, 2005 3/4

Slow, unadorned, compassionate, and earnest, Loggerheads is a low-fi throwback to the independent films of the 1980s and '90s -- heartland miniatures hewn from plainspoken lives.

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John Monaghan Detroit Free Press Nov 11, 2005 3/4

Loggerheads has the best qualities of independent filmmaking.

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Tom Long Detroit News Nov 11, 2005 B

Featuring a number of nicely honed performances and weaving three initially disparate tales into one, Loggerheads delivers far more than you might expect.

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Nov 7, 2005 A-

... a quietly impressive, nuanced essay about the emotional politics of abandonment, adoption and atonement that needs no dispensation for its small budget.

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