Name: November Criminals
Released: 2017-5-5
Cast: Chloe Moretz, Ansel Elgort

There is undoubtedly talent here, but Gervasi's direction does little to make up for the script, which takes great liberties with Sam Munson's original novel

...precisely the kind of movie that I wish I could recommend simply to spark conversation on how not to tackle issues of race in a film, but it is such a dull and lifeless experience that it can't even serve that purpose.

The most questionable 85 minutes a viewer could waste in 2017.

Little more than a glorified afterschool special, and the fact that it's strongly cast only adds to bewilderment about how it went so wrong.

... begins as a mildly compelling examination of grief and catharsis before detouring into contrived vigilante territory.

It's not terrible, and the characters are likable, but, much like its vague title, this teen crime thriller, which also has elements of comedy and romance, never finds its center or its voice.

Not that it's awful, exactly. It's a low-budget generic shrug of a movie, one that recycles clichs both ancient (testy drug dealers) and slightly less ancient (the hero films his life with a camcorder).

An ever-uneasy hybrid of teen angst tale and whodunit.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Sheri Linden

The starry chemistry of leads Ansel Elgort and Chlo Grace Moretz injects a modicum of energy into the coming-of-age drama, whose elements of romance, crime and smart-kid angst never coalesce.

Sam Munson's 2010 novel The November Criminals is the kind of book that attracts smart filmmakers and serious actors - that then, all too often, gets diluted into a bland disappointment like November Criminals.

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