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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA deeply personal, often wrenching documentary.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyPic can be taken as either inspirational or cautionary, but either way rivets attention on the efforts of both medical science and Conn herself to keep the little guy alive.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyConn is exasperating and heroic in equal measure, an altogether riveting portrait of motherly devotion at its most primal.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustAbove all, it's a testament to the will to live and how that spirit can be found in even the smallest of packages.
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxDeeply personal film that often feels more like an artfully produced home video than a documentary.
- 60Village VoiceMark HolcombVillage VoiceMark HolcombGuaranteed to polarize audiences. Is her insistence on taking every measure possible to save little Nicholas heroic or monumentally self-serving?
- 50The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderWeighing in at almost exactly one pound and unable to breathe or eat on his own, Nicholas James Baba-Conn seemed doomed to a very short life; his chance for survival was calculated at close to zero.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardBut with her penchant for frilly romance and sentimentality, the focus is often, cloyingly, on Conn as the heroine of the story, the mother who (sob!) wouldn't give up.
- 40The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinWhile Conn's story is inherently compelling, it's pretty much ruined in the telling thanks to her unnerving choice to fill it with a twinkling piano-heavy score, florid narration, and trembling slow-motion.
- 38New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoYour baby is near death. Instead of dropping everything to save his life, you make sure the video camera keeps rolling.