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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinA film whose poignancy is hard to deny whatever side of the abortion debate you fall on.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThere are few issues more bitterly divisive than abortion, with emotions and rhetoric running at fever pitch. October Baby is a faith-based movie that resides staunchly in the pro-life camp. Yet directors Andrew and Jon Erwin, who also contributed to the story, rarely let their film get didactic, instead going for a more low-key approach.
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonNewcomer Rachel Hendrix grabs attention and sustains sympathy as a lovely yet troubled 19-year-old student determined to unlock the secrets of her past after learning the circumstances of her birth.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe filmmakers, longtime music video veterans, have delivered a technically polished production that belies the film's low budget. They've also elicited mostly strong performances.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOctober Baby is being promoted as a Christian film, and it could have been an effective one. Rachel Hendrix is surprisingly capable in her first feature role, and Jasmine Guy is superb in her scene. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is amateurish and ungainly, can't find a consistent tone, is too long, is overladen with music that tries to paraphrase the story and is photographed with too many beauty shots that slow the progress.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceA slick piece of pro-life propaganda, it has relatively luxe production values, painfully earnest performances, and a drippy "inspirational" score.
- 40New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottWith a scattered, meandering script, a stable of throwaway characters and an almost laughably drawn-out ending, it's all amounts to standard movie-of-the-week fare dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNot even a dewy heroine and a youth-friendly vibe can disguise the essential ugliness at its core: like the bloodied placards brandished by demonstrators outside women's health clinics, the film communicates in the language of guilt and fear.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithMay be well-intentioned, but it's as obvious and inert as a spoonful of mashed potatoes.
- 0The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubThis is no mere tale of redemption or reaffirming of faith; this is a film with an extreme agenda.