Metacritic Movie Ratings
Restless Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

  An emotionally rewarding experience: strong performances from leads Henry Hooper and Mia Wasikowska and a tender love story conveyed with genuine feeling.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  All of the performances are pitched correctly. Nobody pushes too hard. Nobody underlines anything. Perhaps calmed by Van Sant, the characters seem peaceful, not troubled (as they should be).

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Restless is a self-consciously quirky coming-of-age tale that's essentially a teenage hipster "Love Story."

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  It is hard to say, though, if this film, directed by Gus Van Sant from a script by Jason Lew, is an argument for denial or a treatise on acceptance. Curiously, and in a way that is sometimes touching and sometimes icky, it does not seem to perceive much of a difference.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  The insistently quirky details don't disguise the fact that the drama grows ever more predictable and precious, complete with falling-in-love montage. Screenwriter Jason Lew's character insights take the form of the obvious.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  Gus Van Sant's latest - a middle-class hetero teen romance, no less - walks the line between mainstream sentimentality and dark art-house humor so effectively that it seems noncommittal.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  At once delicate and clumsy, tender and twee, Restless wraps the pain of grief and impending mortality in the balm of a teenage love story.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Annabel and Enoch learn from each other, even as time ticks away and the end draws near. Weeping is invited, but by no means required.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  The most banal and indulgent of Gus Van Sant's periodic studies of troubled kids, this agonizingly treacly tale comes off like an indie version of "Love Story" except with worse music.

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