The film’s early playfulness all but disappears in its final 20 minutes as “Paddleton” blindsided us with an emotionally earnest and deeply affecting ending.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Half-road movie and half-comedy that visually unfolds with a good dose of cinéma vérité... [Full review in Spanish]

| May 25, 2022

The thing is, you think you are ready for it, since the whole movie has been building up to this moment, but when it happens you find yourself untethered - at peace with Michael's decision yet shattered that this is where we end up.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 7, 2021

A sad comedy about death and friendship, featuring a favorite actor and contemplative music. Paddleton is beautifully written and features wonderfully nuanced acting. Highly recommended.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2021

The attempt to mix pathos with gallows humor comes off as awkward more times than not, while the improvisational feel of the movie prevents it from achieving the dramatic end it desperately longs for.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Nov 14, 2020

The movie earnestly presents them as people that it takes time to get to know and like, but once you do, it is awesomely rewarding.

| Jan 18, 2020

A drily ambling exploration of masculinity and overcoming self-imposed barriers...

| Original Score: B | Jan 8, 2020

What lies beneath the terrible promotion and equally terrible title is one of the most heartbreaking and nuanced on-screen relationships I have ever seen - the exact nature of which I struggled to pin down.

| Dec 7, 2019

Duplass delivers a phenomenal performance [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 16, 2019

A more daring movie might have strived to really rock the foundation of this central relationship and see what shakes loose as a result.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 27, 2019

The story being told may not sound especially exciting on paper, but the chemistry between Duplass and Romano ensures the film is never less than engaging throughout.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 14, 2019

As Paddleton posits in the heart-wrenching final minutes, what better balm can there be to loneliness than all-consuming companionship?

| Mar 11, 2019

Paddleton is an exquisite, deeply affecting film that I cannot recommend highly enough.

| Mar 11, 2019

...a consistently watchable endeavor that's heightened by the superb, engrossing efforts of its stars...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 3, 2019

It is a film that deserves to find an audience, for whilst it presents familiar narrative arches, it presents a refreshing, beautiful take on male relationships.

| Mar 2, 2019

Offbeat dramedy has mature themes, some swearing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 27, 2019

Whatever may feel annoying or disingenuous about Paddleton is trumped by the emotional honesty of its ending, and the remarkable tenderness of Romano's work.

| Feb 25, 2019

A tremendously authentic film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 25, 2019

Arguably the bromance movie of the year, Paddleton will leave you with an empty box of tissues, calling your best friend.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Feb 24, 2019

In exploring the significance of these habits, and the connections we forge through them, Paddleton is a sweetly existential surprise.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 24, 2019