If anything can be taken away from this seemingly anti-abortion drama, it's that Vanessa Hudgens is doing an admirable job of distancing herself from her Disney Channel roots.

| Jan 22, 2022

A solid piece of filmmaking. Strong emotional performance by [Vanessa] Hudgens.

| Jan 8, 2020

Even as co-stars and narratives turn to mush around her, Hudgens is a driving force, and so it is that Gimme Shelter is extremely worthwhile to see for her work here, especially if you've not seen some of her similarly themed roles.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 29, 2019

Gimme Shelter was clearly made with good intentions, and if nothing else, Krauss and Hudgens deliver their message with conviction. Problem is, the vessel they've constructed to deliver said message is chock-full of holes.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 3, 2019

The great performances are what fuels this film and you can tell that Hudgens and Dawson really pour all they have into this movie.

| Aug 14, 2018

The performances make Gimme Shelter... well worth viewing despite a narrative hiccup or two.

| Apr 11, 2018

A gritty, unvarnished portrait of the have-nots, Gimme Shelter with Vanessa Hudgens marks a distinct upgrade in the actress' profile.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 29, 2017

Gimme Shelter is not a religious film per se, and it is probably not the greatest film you will see this year, but it might be the most important one.

| Aug 9, 2017

Gimme Shelter is an example of a faith-based, pro-life film done right.

| Original Score: B | Jun 21, 2016

Gimme Shelter plays more like a Lifetime movie or after school special.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 4, 2015

The film's complicating force and conflict undeniably real, its thrust is defeated by clichéd treatment and uninspired performances.

| Sep 3, 2014

It's the kind of movie that touts itself as 'inspirational,' and it feels like a made-for-온라인카지노추천 melodrama.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 21, 2014

Vanessa Hudgens proves that she's a versatile, grown-up performer in 'Gimme Shelter,' an unsettling look at a pregnant teenager who seems to have nowhere to run.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 21, 2014

There's a whole [other] film to be made [...]-one driven less by hysterics and villainous mother figures, and more by examples of how charity and compassion can turn dead ends into doorways-but Gimme Shelter doesn't seem to want to make it.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Feb 6, 2014

For all of its heavy-handed huffing and puffing, the low-budget drama doesn't have much meat to its message.

| Jan 31, 2014

Abuse and teen pregnancy are themes in flawed family drama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 31, 2014

... a meatier role than Hudgens' chops can chew but she's constantly watchable, trying too hard to keep it real.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 31, 2014

The result is awkward, hyped propaganda for faith-based initiatives and against abortion.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 30, 2014

What remains is a poor man's Precious, with all the earlier film's go-for-broke melodrama but none of its weirdness or empathy for the impoverished.

| Jan 30, 2014

An after-school special blown up on the big screen, it stridently aims to inspire you. More likely, it'll make you cringe.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 27, 2014