Synopsis
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
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Cast
- Greg KinnearWilliam Borgens
- Jennifer ConnellyErica
- Lily CollinsSamantha 'Sam' Borgens
- Nat WolffRusty Borgens
- Liana LiberatoKate
- Logan LermanLou
- Kristen BellTricia
- Spencer BreslinJason
- Stephen KingSelf (voice)
- Patrick SchwarzeneggerGlen
- 70
Village Voice
Writer-director Josh Boone populates Stuck in Love with smart characters breaking from emotional holding patterns of varying contours. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
It’s just romantic enough and barely funny enough to qualify as a romantic comedy. But it works, despite never being graceful or unstuck enough to take flight. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Endearing performances buoy predictable film about love in the wake of divorce. - 60
Total Film
The ending may be a little too tidy and obvious, but this is a sweet little study of the right royal mess people can make of relationships when they let their own neuroses take over, and a warm tribute to overcoming them. - 60
The Telegraph
It’s a thoroughly warm diversion, whose lapses into cliché only make it cosier. - 60
Empire
It’s no masterpiece, but this is a promising debut from Boone and a good showcase for his entire cast. - 60
Time Out
The movie’s not especially urgent or inventive, but it has small moments of grace. - 50
Slant Magazine
The movie aims for an admirable balance, but fatally upsets that equilibrium in its hurried resolutions.