Synopsis
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
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Cast
- Aaron Taylor-JohnsonJames Frey
- Billy Bob ThorntonLeonard
- Odessa YoungLilly
- Giovanni RibisiJohn
- Juliette LewisJoanne
- Dash MihokLincoln
- Charles ParnellMiles
- Ryan HurstHank
- David DastmalchianRoy
- Tom AmandesDr. Baker
Recommendations
- 80
Total Film
Powered by the magnetic Aaron Taylor-Johnson, it’s rough around the edges, but still intoxicating. - 60
The Telegraph
The film’s sincere core is threatened a little by its flashier directorial effects. - 58
The A.V. Club
The movie version plays exactly like every other rehab-facility melodrama ever made. Even the stuff that Frey invented seems overly familiar, borrowed from sources ranging from "28 Days" to (somewhat improbably — people in recovery aren’t necessarily allowed dental anesthetic, it turns out) "Marathon Man." - 52
TheWrap
As a film, the biggest issue with A Million Little Pieces isn’t whether any of this happened; it’s that, even if it did, none of it stands out from the many similar movies that came before it. - 50
New York Post
“Pieces” becomes just like every other addiction film, relying on colorful addict characters and torture-porn scenes to arrive at a hopeful end. - 40
Empire
It’s well-intentioned and pretty, but not much else. Occasional stylistic flourish aside, it offers nothing we haven’t seen before, buckling under the weight of its own conservatism. - 40
The Guardian
A Million Little Pieces is a weirdly unreflective exploration of the destructive force of addiction and, setting a new benchmark for blandness, drags on for what feels like a million not-so-little minutes. - 40
The New York Times
Another ruin-and-rehab tale, one that initially tantalizes then flatly disappoints.
