The Greening of Whitney Brown 2011

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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: As she learns the value of public schools and pickup trucks, her erstwhile friends in Philadelphia seem happy to be rid of her. By movie's end, you'll feel exactly the same. Read more

Nick Schager, Time Out: The Greening of Whitney Brown is content to be a typical piece of tween rural-versus-urban fluff from the old Hannah Montana: The Movie mold. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: Mild tween fare that would have been more at home on the small screen. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: It flies off the rails in a third act so devoid of logic it could have been concocted on the moon. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It's all extraordinarily predictable, made no more palatable by flat characters and a dull cast. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This well-intentioned family film unfortunately comes off as shallow as a prom committee meeting. Read more

Sara Stewart, New York Post: There's a fair amount of greening, but that doesn't make Whitney any less grating. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: By turns pleasant and preposterous, The Greening of Whitney Brown is a reverse Cinderella tale for tweens. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Helmer Odiorne creates a suitably groomed pastoral setting for Gilchriest's relentlessly upbeat script, but does little to suggest a context larger than Whitney's limited p.o.v. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: This is intended as one of those kid's comeuppance stories, in which a new maturity is won through contact with salt-of-the-earth types and honest labor but is done with an almost total lack of charm. Read more