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- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: while it is better than it has any right to be, the loss of that particular brand of Scandinavian humor that made the original seem fresh leaves this one feeling warmed over and off key…Cast against type, Hanks delivers
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: With cowardly mildness, this white-bread mush misuses its star’s likability. Tom Hanks trying to be grumpy yet endearing has the opposite impact. He’s somehow less endearing than he’s been before.
- Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: A MAN CALLED OTTO is a remake of the 2016 Swedish film A MAN CALLED OVE, itself based on the book of the same name by Fredrick Backman. In this one, Tom Hanks plays a flaming misanthrope, but it is ultimately a gentle story though entirely predictable in the spirit of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, LAST HOLIDAY, and IN AMERICA, among others.
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Pretty formulaic for the most part, yet the Oscar-winning actor’s performance salvages the many predictable elements.
- Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s ultimately redundant since OVE is so effective. But it’s pretty good where English-language remakes are concerned.
- Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Not only does Tom Hanks carry this film home with an expected Oscar nomination for best actor, but Mariana Treviño, as his new fully pregnant Hispanic neighbor, is priceless. It’s her Latina social charm and cultural expectations that enhance the humor and message of acceptance and civility in this charming family film that take it over the top.
- Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Though often corny and sometimes facile, “A Man Called Otto” manages to gel, time and again. And with a conclusion that pulls no punches, the film earns the bittersweet joy it throws at us.
- [New] | Betty Jo Tucker @ AuthorsDen
- Excerpt: This humanistic film helps us understand how people working together can make their lives more worthwhile – even to the point of saving a life.
