Funny, truthful and touching but never saccharine, this brilliantly cast family movie written by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is one of the most delightful things streaming anywhere.

| Mar 11, 2020

Although Troop Zero has moments of whimsy and charm, its characters are sketched so thinly that it might be difficult for audiences to connect.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 30, 2020

Cloying, very cutesy, and very exhausting.

| Jan 18, 2020

As I was enjoying the sweet and simple and warmly funny pleasures of "Troop Zero," I was thinking it had to be based on a popular Young Adult novel.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2020

What we have here is a classic snobs-vs.-slobs type of standoff, an underdog tale slathered in Seventies Southern Gothic quirk.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 17, 2020

There is a lot to admire in this movie about girls daring to be proudly, defiantly different, but it never lives up to its otherworldly promise.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 17, 2020

A movie that's content to make do with whatever spare parts are lying around, and eventually does so more successfully than one might expect.

| Jan 17, 2020

Pleasant enough but never quite as emotionally gripping as a coming-of-age story about acceptance can be, Troop Zero scores a handful of memorable moments when it lets its freak flag fly.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 17, 2020

"Troop Zero" is bursting with personality and stylistic flourishes; it might be too twee for some, but it's better to let yourself be won over by its sincerity and sweetness, tempered by just enough sadness and quirk.

| Jan 17, 2020

What "Troop Zero" lacks in complexity, it makes up for in heart.

| Jan 16, 2020

It's not trying to reinvent the wheel with the story it's telling, but it's made memorable by all the ways it adds stardust to the formula.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 16, 2020

Janney can't do much with her garden-variety stick in the mud, though, and Davis' character is saddled with way more lifelong discontent than this otherwise flimsy role can bear.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 14, 2020

Troop Zero is a film made for the misfits, the outcasts, and the dreamers - and will leave you floating to the stars.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 14, 2019

Troop Zero goes down easy like the best cinematic comfort food.

| Feb 5, 2019

It's a fun, light and heartwarming affair that'll surely appeal to kids, their parents and everyone in between.

| Jan 30, 2019

Gaffigan and Janney offer just what their parts in the story need, but Davis keeps it all on the rails.

| Jan 26, 2019