On the Rocks - Metacritic

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2020
R
1 h 36 m

2020
R
1 h 36 m

Summary Laura (Rashida Jones) thinks she’s happily hitched, but when her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) starts logging late hours at the office with a new co-worker, Laura begins to fear the worst. She turns to the one man she suspects may have insight: her charming, impulsive father Felix (Bill Murray), who insists they investigate the situation...

Directed By: Sofia Coppola

Written By: Sofia Coppola

2020
R
1 h 36 m

2020
R
1 h 36 m

On the Rocks

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 47 Critic Reviews

73

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 80 User Ratings

6.3

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Summary Laura (Rashida Jones) thinks she’s happily hitched, but when her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) starts logging late hours at the office with a new co-worker, Laura begins to fear the worst. She turns to the one man she suspects may have insight: her charming, impulsive father Felix (Bill Murray), who insists they investigate the situation...

Directed By: Sofia Coppola

Written By: Sofia Coppola

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 47 Critic Reviews

85% Positive
40 Reviews

13% Mixed
6 Reviews

2% Negative
1 Review

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 47 Critic Reviews

85% Positive
40 Reviews

13% Mixed
6 Reviews

2% Negative
1 Review

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Oct 1, 2020

On the Rocks is a delight.

By Karen Gordon FULL REVIEW

Sep 25, 2020

If you can look beyond the 90-minute runtime depriving this movie of a more satisfying conclusion, there is not simply “a lot to like,” there’s an embarrassment of riches crying out for perusal. On the Rocks is the kind of doodle only a truly skilled director could produce.

By Scout Tafoya FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 80 User Ratings

54% Positive
43 Ratings

31% Mixed
25 Ratings

15% Negative
12 Ratings

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 80 User Ratings

54% Positive
43 Ratings

31% Mixed
25 Ratings

15% Negative
12 Ratings

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Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Oct 25, 2020

Movie with excellent performers and wonderful direction and photography. Beautiful story and ending. Wonderful Apple TV+ like ever

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Oct 25, 2020

funny, witty, and typical Sofia Coppola. I loved it, and it felt like watching real people talking and discussing about everyday life and problems. Loved it

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Oct 7, 2020

Fundamentally, On the Rocks understands that the rich complexity of long-term relationships – both paternal and spousal – can never truly be captured, only gestured towards. The result, on screen, is deeply warm, funny and comforting, and among Coppola’s finest work.

By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Oct 1, 2020

On the Rocks is light-hearted and, ultimately, more a story about a girl and her father. The good and the bad of that parental legacy and the task of disentangling from it forms the subtext of On the Rocks.

By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

Oct 21, 2020

This film is the slightest story Coppola has ever produced; it only brushes up against deeper insights during its brief running time. But the movie offers such a rush of unintentional catharsis and pure diversion that its flaws are easy to forgive.

By David Sims FULL REVIEW

Sep 30, 2020

It’s an agreeable diversion.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Oct 6, 2020

Things happen in On the Rocks, but the caper-flick high jinks viewers expect to ensue never come to full, cockeyed fruition.

By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

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Oct 28, 2020

Such a great light and entertaining movie. Happiness with Bill Murray is in the small things, and this movie is no different. Interesting story line, fun conversation set in New York. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie.

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Oct 18, 2020

I can't say that Sofia Coppola is a bad filmmaker, but I must admit that after three years, her new bet is something that feels too passive for its own good. This movie is basically a sitcom, and sadly, more is expected from Bill Murray than from Coppola herself or Rashida Jones. And it's that basically once you do the final sum, the only reason why this very rudimentary story receives more attention than it really deserves, is due to the protagonists and the director and when all three of them are only playing in their automatic mode, you can't help but feel disenchanted. Competent enough to pass the time. Notably forgettable for the careers of everyone involved.

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Nov 10, 2020

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Nov 28, 2020

This movie isn't bad, per se, but it just... wasn't good. Best way to describe it is boring and dry. There's not much to it, really. I had high hopes as the casting is great but it really leaves the viewer wanting. It lacks music that actually adds depth and feeling and the story is seriously lacking any climax that actually feels like the height of the plot. Don't waste your time on this one.

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Oct 24, 2020

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Details

Production Company A24, American Zoetrope

Release Date Oct 2, 2020

Duration 1 h 36 m

Rating R

Genres

Website https://a24films.com/films/on-the-rocks

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Awards

Golden Globes, USA

• 1 Nomination

Satellite Awards

• 3 Nominations

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

• 3 Nominations

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