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

To get a sense of how excruciating the first hour is, you need to imagine Dumb and Dumber played for tears instead of laughs.

| Feb 22, 2019

Previous writing-directing work by Duplass with his brother, Jay ("Jeff Who Lives at Home"), could be quietly devastating. "Paddleton" is mostly just quiet.

| Feb 22, 2019

While "Paddleton" takes its time to get there, it ultimately reaches a deeply poignant conclusion. If you're patient enough, that alone could be worth the trip.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 22, 2019

[T]o fight against "Paddleton" and its no-frills, in-the-moment mission of mercy is, ultimately, useless.

| Feb 21, 2019

The film largely plays its scenario with a straight and gooey face, coaxing its actors to indulge their worst tendencies.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 21, 2019

On the whole, Paddleton isn't quite as strong as was Lehmann's relatively little-seen debut, Blue Jay, but it builds to a duet as harrowing and tender and moving as anyone could desire, or fear, or both.

| Original Score: B | Feb 20, 2019

Thanks to two pitch-perfect performances, Paddleton is bittersweet and poignant beyond words.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 20, 2019

It doesn't maintain... balance, but at the same time it does movingly convey what it might feel like to see the inconsequential things - the kitschy movies, the made-up ball games, the stove-burnt pizzas - endure while your best friend trundles to a stop.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 20, 2019

An appreciation of friendship for better or for worse, in sickness and in health.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2019

A movie about cancer has no right to be as consistently amusing as "Paddleton" - a triumph for which credit should be spread around, even if it most deservedly goes to Ray Romano.

| Jan 26, 2019

The revelation here is Ray Romano, and not just because he's so funny - though that should not be undervalued.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 26, 2019

Sneaks up on you with an emotional punch.

| Jan 25, 2019