The Intervention is a sweet and bittersweet drama, marking a comfortable debut for [Clea] DuVall's directorial career.

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

While the performances are great across the board, The Intervention falls flat in its narrative, which feels entirely too cookie cutter and predictable.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 2, 2019

While there isn't anything particularly original about the core plot, the dramatic and comedic beats, as well as the character depth, make for a well-executed and mature film that manages to be enjoyable and thoughtful.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 5, 2019

You can see the plot beats coming a mile away, and although this is a fun film it never delivers anything as outrageous or emotional as one might hope.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 2, 2019

Despite the set-up, the tone is lightweight seriocomic and everybody gets a resolution for their problems one way or another.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2019

It's a briskly entertaining little movie that is almost single handedly carried by an astounding performance by Melanie Lynskey.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2018

The Intervention may not break new ground but manages a humor and pathos in a wonderfully observant female-driven dramedy (both in front of and behind the camera) with something for everyone.

| Aug 27, 2018

The Intervention doesn't play around with its familiar format enough to get too excited about it.

| Mar 16, 2018

Follows the pattern of "The Return of the Secaucus Seven."

| Original Score: B | Nov 13, 2017

Considering that DuVall shot the film on a small budget over a short amount of time, it's a deft piece of work, and proves she has what it takes to make a go of a directing career.

| Aug 18, 2017

This is an ensemble film. It's as much about what goes on behind closed doors in straight marriages as commitment-phobia across sexual orientations.

| Jul 12, 2017

You may have to be at just the right stage in your life to appreciate it - but for those of us who are there, The Intervention is a great film.

| Jan 9, 2017

It's the directorial debut of Clea Duvall and it's very much an actors' showcase: eight characters with heavy baggage doing their best to ignore the weight.

| Dec 1, 2016

Clea DuVall's directorial debut, The Intervention, brings together so many of our favorite actors for a break-up-and-make-up dramedy.

| Oct 5, 2016

These are characters we've generally seen before and don't care to revisit.

| Sep 2, 2016

DuVall doesn't just fall back on ad-libbing quip-flingers; her cinemascope frames are precise and assured, and she knows how to cut on a joke without making it seem over-determined.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2016

Despite her script's omissions - we learn little about where these affluent people come from, their occupations or how they know one another - Ms. DuVall juggles the emotional dynamics with fluid editing and light comic touches.

| Aug 30, 2016

A competently-shot, well-acted -- especially from Lynskey -- slice of thirty-something ennui.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Aug 29, 2016

Engrossing, wise, funny and well-acted. How refreshing it is to watch an American film that's for adults, that can't be turned into a video game. and where no one gets eaten by zombies for a change!

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 26, 2016

The script wobbles between heavy-handed and touching, but the result is a pleasantly nostalgic throwback that's saved from its copy-cat tendencies by charismatic actors.

| Original Score: B | Aug 26, 2016