It seems like [Gaby] Dellal, despite being a person who is making a movie about a transgender boy, doesn't understand that transgender boys aren't girls.

| Aug 13, 2021

"3 Generations" starts with a unique and intimate point of view, only to become yet another indie drama about the difficulties of motherhood.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 11, 2017

"3 Generations" feels focus-grouped into existence, like its every development was fine-tuned to be as inoffensively on-message as possible in its treatment of trans issues.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 11, 2017

3 Generations is contrived, but the heartfelt performances keep the threadbare material on track-witty, warm and wise.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 11, 2017

This is a movie that derives most of its suspense on whether a piece of paper will be signed, not a strong basis for dramatic tension.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 10, 2017

3 Generations is well-intended and heart-warming, but a mess, and problematic besides.

| May 9, 2017

In the end, 3 Generations wants to to be about trans issues more than it really wants to live in them.

| May 5, 2017

Another bloodless example of Hollywood's cowardice in grappling with the world as it is. 3 Generations doesn't cut deep into the torn-from-the-headlines issue of trans rights. In fact, it doesn't cut at all.

| May 5, 2017

Takes on the topic of gender dysphoria with a talented cast but not much to say.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 5, 2017

When this well-acted picture calms down and focuses on real emotions, it proves a poignant, absorbing look at a modern family.

| May 4, 2017

Good intentions abound in "3 Generations," a movie about a New York teenager transitioning from female to male, but they lead to a certain overzealousness.

| May 4, 2017

Yet another film where non-trans people learn valuable life lessons, complete with lots of hugs, while the actual trans character's story takes a backseat.

| May 4, 2017

[Dellal] way overcranks the "movie" neuroses of her three characters, muffling any human spark.

| Original Score: C | May 4, 2017

The main character is too often pushed to the sidelines so that the filmmakers can indulge tired family-drama tropes.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 3, 2017

It spends 92 Weinstein-approved minutes on the verge of telling a compelling story, and winds up stalling out telling a worthwhile one.

| Original Score: C | May 3, 2017

After her character's trans cred is fully established, Fanning is pushed into the background and About Ray starts to feel like a bad Neil Simon comedy.

| Sep 15, 2015

Dellal's likably chaotic direction and a bevy of solid performances make sure the film's beating heart outweighs most of its contrivances.

| Sep 13, 2015

It's frustrating how uneven and cutesy the movie ends up being.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2015

While it's hard to hate, it's even harder to like.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 13, 2015

It's involving but seldom deeply affecting, with the core drama continually shoved aside to examine more commonplace matters of parenting, abandonment and broken families.

| Sep 12, 2015