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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisDirector/screenwriter Giarratana occasionally summons up a lovely moment, although the overall tone is inconsistent.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe script wields its symbolic hammer so heavily that it tends to smother the story’s more authentic emotions.
- 40The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe metaphors are so obvious that the film becomes trapped in its own cage of archetypes and clichés, and unlike the tiger, there is no champion to open the gates to a more original cinematic world.
- 30VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerDesigned for maximum corniness, The Tiger Rising peppers its action with enough references to God, upturned-to-the-heavens gazes and warm enveloping light to make clear its function as a homily.
- 20PolygonPetrana RadulovicPolygonPetrana RadulovicGiarratana doesn’t seem to trust that the story of two kids and their emotions is enough of a draw onscreen, so they fluff up the movie to bolster the drama — but really, they should have just let the tiger run free.
- 20Screen RantNadir SamaraScreen RantNadir SamaraThe Tiger Rising is too serious and abstract for kids yet too ham-fisted for adults.