Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story: reviews

What the critics say average 6.2 from 8 outlets

• 10 The Sly FoxKam Williams A moving tribute to a real role model who's living proof that it's possible to overcome any obstacle standing between you and your dreams. Read
• 8.5 The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond In lesser hands (if you'll pardon the pun), this biopic could easily have drifted into maudlin sap, but Gooding keeps the character of Carson centered and human and the film honoring him wise and surprisingly graphic. Read
• 8.0 The Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a made-for-TV movie that seems tailor-made for the times in which we live. Read
• 8.0 Multichannel NewsR. Thomas Umstead As typical with other Johnson & Johnson Spotlight original films, Gifted Hands tugs on the viewer's heartstrings on several occasions as it unravels a story of achievement, tragedy and eventually triumph. Read
• 7.0 Dove.orgDonna Rolfe Here's the good news: this movie brings you to the edge of your seat at times and you will want to see what happens next. Read
• 4.0 VarietyBrian Lowry Reasonably well made, the pic proves that not every uplifting story readily lends itself to such an adaptation. Read
• 2.0 SalonNico Lang It's not just that "Gifted Hands" burns through plot at a pace that would give the writers of "Glee" pause, but that no one involved with the film seems to have the slightest idea what scene transitions or pacing are.
• 2.0 Rolling StoneDavid Ehrlich This Sunday-school version of The Knick is a lot like his presidential campaign: both nauseatingly safe and profoundly absurd. Read