Liberal Arts Reviews
Fervently free of cynicism, Radnor's latest feature transcends its quirks with a smartly wound college excursion that looks to the past and finds nostalgia, possibilities and a new outlook on life.
| Nov 16, 2020
The final result is a film that satisfies intellectually despite occasionally dipping into the land of the formulaic.
| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 14, 2020
There's nothing revolutionary going on here, but LIBERAL ARTS will speak wittily to certain audiences with an enjoyable clarity and resonance.
| Feb 13, 2020
All in all, Liberal Arts is more than above average with a nice take on nostalgic romanticism, filled with sweetness, charm and a lot of wisdom.
| Nov 27, 2019
Credit is due to Radnor for assembling a strong supporting cast... but sadly his second outing behind the camera falls foul of many of the deadly sins committed by indie Sundance fodder past and present.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 5, 2019
This film is one of the rare exceptions to the rule. Yes, it's romantic; and yes, it's funny, but it's also a layered, thoughtful look at the meaning of coming-of-age.
| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 20, 2018
Radnor has a wisdom beyond his still-young years, and a talent for communicating it.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 20, 2018
There's nothing predictable about the way the romance unfolds.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 15, 2017
Liberal Arts seems aggressively cheery, determinedly lacking in negativity, and very affirming in its protagonist's masculine heroism. None of it is a surprise, and as a result, not much of it is very good, either.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 9, 2017
Romantic comedies don't set out to change your life, but Liberal Arts does provide an easy and enjoyable study on growing up and finding contentment, whatever your age.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2016
Liberal Arts is a resolutely vanilla-flavored concoction but still pleasant, amiable, and a little more thoughtful than your average rom-com.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 25, 2013
Poetic justice Is served in insightful LIBERAL ARTS
| Nov 8, 2013
An exuberant, heartfelt concoction, the kind of sunny comedy that's good for the soul.
| Jul 17, 2013
Some of the insights are a bit simplistic but for most of the running time, the film is an enjoyable diversion.
| Original Score: B- | Jul 10, 2013
LIBERAL ARTS never manages to turn these great performances and familiar dilemmas into something substantial.
| Apr 3, 2013
Liberal laughs are guaranteed but memorable it ain't.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2013
A diverting generational three-way dialogue between those barely out of their teens, those in their mid thirties and those well north of fifty.
| Mar 4, 2013
...an enthralling sophomore effort from an almost excessively promising filmmaker...
| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 15, 2013
A writer/director/star, casting himself as the guy who's irresistible to all sorts of women? Woody Allen's been pulling that trick for about 40 years.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 28, 2012
A warm, funny and, one imagines, rather personal film, one that's all about falling in and out of love, not just with people and places but the ideas they can sometimes embody.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 25, 2012