The Good Half

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The Good Half

2024,

1h 40m,

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Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.

Tomris Laffly

Variety

Aug 16, 2024

You still go into a film like The Good Half hoping that it has something of its own to say on the pains of bereavement. Instead, it just lands like a medley of similar (often, better) films that came before it.

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Clint Worthington

RogerEbert.com

Aug 16, 2024

1.5/4

"The Good Half" is desperate to say something profound about the thorny nature of grief ... But there's nothing new here that hasn't been cribbed from better, or even just earlier, texts.

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

Aug 15, 2024

Snow, as the daughter who always played second fiddle, brings real feeling to her role — suggesting that she may in fact be the good half of this insipid drama.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Mar 4, 2025

2/5

The more it shoots for sincerity, the more it wallows in sentimentality.

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Abhishek Srivastava

The Times of India

Feb 18, 2025

3/5

Throughout the film, there’s a clear struggle to say something profound about grief, but the impact falls flat. Despite its well-intentioned message, a weak screenplay and average direction drain the film of its emotional weight.

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Jonathan Vargas

Loud and Clear Reviews

Nov 10, 2024

4/5

I have never been through something as dark as what occurs in The Good Half, but it happens to be one of the most relatable films I’ve seen in recent years.

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Robert Schwartzman

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Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.

Director: Robert Schwartzman
Producer: Russell Wayne Groves, Robert Schwartzman, Brett Ryland
Screenwriter: Brett Ryland
Distributor: Fathom Events
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 23, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 40m

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