The warmth, energy and intimacy between actors makes the seemingly simple narrative of this film into a memorable experience.

| Aug 23, 2018

Adam Rapp's comedy Loitering with Intent is about a number of things, but it might have been better served by being about more about fewer things.

| Aug 24, 2017

The sort of well-meaning, small-scale drama about the creative method that feels too obviously plotted and conventionally scripted to achieve any genuine truths regarding the process.

| Original Score: C | Jun 6, 2016

I enjoyed watching them work, even as I knew it wouldn't amount to much.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 18, 2015

It all adds up to not much from director by Adam Rapp, although Tomei is effortlessly captivating (as usual) and Rockwell is always worth watching.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 12, 2015

For a film about writing a decent screenplay under pressure, Loitering With Intent is successful only in showing just how difficult a task that is.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 12, 2015

You won't find much insight into relationships or the creative process in this breezy low-budget comedy.

| Jan 23, 2015

Barely a cut above the thankfully defunct Mumblecore movement, "Loitering With Intent" does plenty of loitering but doesn't exhibit much commitment.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 21, 2015

There's too much loitering and not enough intent.

| Jan 17, 2015

Simply the latest in a string of pointless low-budget exercises in angsty Big Apple self-reflection.

| Jan 17, 2015

Yes, we have seen much of it before. But for the majority of the film's brief running time (a flicker or so under 80 minutes), I felt myself drawn to what was on screen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 16, 2015

Ms. Tomei, Mr. Rockwell and Mr. Geraghty get stray laughs, but "Loitering With Intent" mostly plays like an excuse for its makers to hang out.

| Jan 15, 2015

Periodically funny but always amiable, Intent finds a groove and sticks with the delayed maturation routine, electing to extract the most personality out of its engaged cast.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 15, 2015

The title may suggest acts of indecency, but if there's anything this mild dramedy could use, it's a little more raciness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 15, 2015

The film never makes the basic case for its own existence, other than as a showcase for Martin and Godere, and a setting for established talent to hang out for a few days.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 15, 2015

The story of two working actors trying to get ahead in New York is, by itself, overdone; this movie barely tries to offer a new take on the familiar beats.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 15, 2015

A meandering little bore about a pair of struggling actors looking for a breakthrough movie even if they have to write it themselves.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 14, 2015

A snappy start gives way to an unfocused second half, which devolves into a walking tour of indie-film clichs that make the 80-minute run time feel overlong.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 14, 2015

Wafer-thin concept about desperate actors trying to write and get laid in the country is a vanity project that goes nowhere, slowly and tiresomely.

| Jan 14, 2015

Suffers from a thrown-together vibe that is only rarely eclipsed by its overqualified supporting cast.

| Jan 13, 2015