Katie Holmes has premiered two movies at the Sundance Film Festival – The Extra Man and The Romantics.
The reviews are in and I thought the best way to do this was to do a round-up of the reviews, with links to the articles. Some are positive and some are negative, so read what you like and disregard the ones you don’t! 
The Extra Man Reviews:
Screen Crave: The Extra Man seems a perfect film to be screened at Sundance; it centers around odd individuals living on the fringe of society, gracefully managing to make a niche for themselves in a world that would just as soon ignore them. That sounds like a metaphor for independent film if I’ve ever heard one.
Dark Horizons: Few films I have noticed at Sundance have paid as much attention to script as this exquisite adaptation of Jonathan Ames’ novel “The Extra Man”.
The New York Times: “The Extra Man” collects eccentric characters like an antiques dealer collects aging objects.
Cinema Blend: Given the starry cast, The Extra Man will probably get picked up before too long, and can sell itself based on Kline’s hammy performance, Dano’s sensitive one, and the promise of seeing a lot of weird stuff in a short running time. But The Extra Man is primarily a giant disappointment, proof that quirk without direction or purpose can feel just as boring as a story about more ordinary people.
The Romantics:
Hollywood Reporter: So one enjoys “Romantics” for the genre trappings — the inebriated toasts, feverish gossiping, unexpected trysts, the de rigueur wedding dress snafu and bright lines that cut through the mood of sentimentality and nostalgia.
Salt Lake Magazine: Rush out and grab the soundtrack when the movie’s released but wait for The Romantics to come out on Netflix (#39). Stock up on Yellow Tail Shiraz, invite some of your favorite white/couple friends over, bake some bruschetta and let the good times roll.
Reuters: Landing somewhere between a generational comedy and soap opera, the film is forgettable fun. All the characters could use more definition, which is surprising given that Niederhoffer has adapted her novel. One would imagine there would have been ample material to flesh out her wedding party for the big screen.
Screen Daily: As might be expected from its setup, The Romantics builds to a suspenseful finale concerning whether or not the wedding will actually happen. Throughout the film, Niederhoffer can sometimes overdo the melodrama, but she confidently guides her story to a conclusion that, though surprising, feels exactly right and entirely in keeping with her characters’ open-ended futures.
If you find anymore reviews, feel free to post the links and I’ll add them here. Thanks!
