All These Small Moments

Some movies are so earnest and ask so little of you that criticizing them feels like kicking a puppy. From now on, we could call such movies All These Small Moments.

Though this sweet, subtle, and sentimental work is a smidge too simplistic in narrative design, it wins over any resistance with its quiet refinement and heartrending insight.

A beautifully accomplished first film.

It is hard to believe that this is Melissa Miller Costanzo's directorial debut - what magic she stirs, even in the tumultuous, it feels like "a worst fate to look away."

A collection of small and wonderful moments that added up to a pretty decent film.

It's a solid enough family and coming-of-age drama that shows a lot of promise for a new director.

All These Small Moments is chiefly about the imprecise and surprisingly scattershot process of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.

All These Small Moments is a work that seems to last approximately as long as the typical adolescence but is nowhere near as interesting.

Costanzo has a light, easy touch behind the camera. It's impossible not to vibe along with her work, unfinished as it may feel.

Whether it's a confession, a revelation, or a reconciliation, this is a movie about people trying to live their lives... It resonates because the characters seem real.