79
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperRogers Park is poetic and lovely and muscular and unforgiving at the same time, much like the area itself and the city as a whole.
- 88RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmRogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmCinematographer Drew Xanthopoulos gives the actors very little room to hide, often framing their faces in extreme close-up during bracing moments of emotional nakedness. There are echoes here of Cassavetes’ most agonizing stretches in “A Woman Under the Influence,” as casual pleasantries detonate into a fiery inferno of resentment.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe screenwriter, Carlos Treviño, crafts frank dialogue and the director, Kyle Henry, films the scenes with an eye for the intimate, dividend-paying gesture. The superb actors, given opportunities to go for broke, make each one count, and make the movie worth watching.
- 70VarietyScott TobiasVarietyScott TobiasIt’s an ideal showcase for the four leads, who are given the latitude to create fully human characters.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersLos Angeles TimesKimber MyersRogers Park is populated by real people with real problems, though the dialogue in Carlos Treviño's script doesn't always serve them well. The lines sometimes feel manufactured, but there's real warmth — or frustration or anger, depending on the scene — present in these authentic performances.