Levy the actor does not give Levy the director/screenwriter what he needed.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 31, 2024

This might have been a sterner film if another actor played Marc and Levy applied more scrutiny to the character, but he’s done enough here to establish himself as a filmmaker.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 18, 2024

There are chuckles, whimsy, flirtations and tragic twists. But in the end, though entertaining and breezy, nothing cuts as deep as it should.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 11, 2024

Everything feels very honest and from the heart.

| Jan 9, 2024

Think Four Weddings And A Funeral, with no weddings and just the funeral, and you’re part of the way there.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2024

What elevates the picture is the crisp dialogue, which captures bonds of friendship that are loving, but at the same time stretched to breaking point.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2024

With Good Grief, [Daniel] Levy has made a stylish and charming debut, redolent with both snark and warmth.

| Original Score: B | Jan 6, 2024

A sensitive but almost fatally self-absorbed death drama that has much to say and little to feel.

| Original Score: C | Jan 6, 2024

A showcase of sadness, humor and beauty.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 5, 2024

Levy’s character work is truly horrible, and he constructs an entire London and Paris-set rom-com around three of the most odious, navel-gazing nincompoops in the genre (and that includes Good Luck Chuck and License to Wed).

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 5, 2024

“Good Grief” may not fully satisfy as a heart-and-soul affair, but it brews a desire to see more of what we know Levy can offer.

| Jan 5, 2024

While not offering anything particularly surprising or challenging in its take on the unpredictable shadow of loss, “Good Grief” delivers plenty of heart.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 4, 2024

The movie is genuinely sincere, which is a brave direction for Levy to take in an era of quippy irony. It’s familiar, but with its own spin on the genre and in the end it’s a feel-good, comfort watch.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 4, 2024

It’s as if the familiar madcap beats have been wrapped around a drama, and the result is somehow light-handed yet deft and authentic in its treatment of grief’s long tail.

| Jan 4, 2024

There is a strenuous earnestness here, which is made to coexist with entirely artificial romcom dialogue of a kind not spoken by real human beings.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 3, 2024

There’s something ever-so-chic, a touch too manicured about the film’s despondency, and only rare moments land to touch us, especially. But it’s a gentle, genial watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 29, 2023

A modest study of the impact of loss that pushes a few buttons harder than it should and fails to fill out its ensemble equally.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 29, 2023

Levy has made a first feature that’s a glossy drama of love and loss and the restorative power of friendship. But it’s more earnest than affecting.

| Dec 29, 2023

Levy’s fans know the multitalent can play bitchy and caustic; “Good Grief” shows he can be vulnerable and wise as well.

| Dec 29, 2023