While I found the film cute at times, the pervading apathy of Somebody Up There Likes Me left me feeling a little disconnected.

| Apr 1, 2020

Nick Offerman is a scene-stealing genius.

| Sep 27, 2017

It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but this mixture of magical realism and bittersweet absurdity benefits from a consistency of vision and a genuinely unusual storytelling approach.

| Original Score: B | Jul 13, 2013

An easy going family comedy featuring odd people who turn out to be just like us.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 14, 2013

Deadpan absurdity and an insistently whimsical score only add to the cookie-cutter feel, but the performances are appealing enough.

| Original Score: B | Apr 11, 2013

Somebody is nihilistic, misanthropic, and weirdly relaxing. I've never seen anything like it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 5, 2013

Somebody Up There Likes Me is a poignant and at times trying work of personal art that will likely mean different things to different people. Like its director, it seems to reflect more than it reveals.

| Original Score: B | Apr 4, 2013

It's all kind of cute. Maybe a little too cute, but it does have a nice circle-of-life ending.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2013

The film itself is so charming that you almost forget to ask whether these people truly deserve our empathy.

| Mar 26, 2013

The time-killing universe Byington has created makes sure we never forget how absurd he thinks the whole movie is. Fun for him, perhaps.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 26, 2013

Bob Byington's perspective may be above it all, but that doesn't quite account for the shades of melancholy that pop up unexpectedly in lines of dialogue and in some of the performances.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 25, 2013

American cinema has been churning out slacker movies for what seems like eons, so it's refreshing to report that Somebody Up There Likes Me enlivens the genre with a welcome breath of imagination, wit and charm.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 25, 2013

The film never quite comes together enough to get over the sense that it's a comedy made by people who think they're too cool to laugh but it comes close.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2013

The film itself is so charming that you almost forget to ask whether these people truly deserve our empathy.

| Mar 15, 2013

Somebody Up There Likes Me is an entertaining film with a strong artistic exertion and a resilient attention to detail, making for a memorable seventy-five minutes thanks to its outlandish quirk and well-defined characters.

| Original Score: 6.8/10 | Mar 14, 2013

Words such as offbeat, charming or, Lord help us, quirky are wildly overused and yet this is exactly the kind of film to which they best apply.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 14, 2013

There's talent here, but the goal seems to be proving that everyone involved is too cool to make an actual movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 10, 2013

I didn't find Somebody Up There Likes Me as funny as others seem to, but I was fascinated enough by the curious offering to watch it twice.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 8, 2013

In the hands of another filmmaker, Byington's approach might come across as gimmicky or overly precious. Instead, Somebody Up There Likes Me retains a playfully philosophical edge.

| Original Score: A | Mar 8, 2013

Highly original and delightfully unorthodox.

| Mar 8, 2013