Still Here: reviews

What the critics say average 4.4 from 10 outlets

• 6.3 Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. Anderson Despite some wobbly camerawork and awkward montages, the story itself is competently told, though it loses suspense by not introducing all the key characters early. Read
• 6.0 Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. Anderson While some aspects of this movie feel off the mark, others are spot-on, and the finished product, while not a particularly good mystery, at least becomes a decent, earnest social drama. Read
• 5.0 Mark Reviews MoviesMark Dujsik There's an answer to the mystery of Still Here, but the deeper questions remain unanswered and mostly unexamined. Read
• 5.0 One Guy's OpinionFrank Swietek Watchable but rather flabby, like an overextended episode of a TV police procedural. Read
• 5.0 Punch Drunk CriticsKhalil Johnson 'Still Here' is a timely film that focuses on a missing black girl and the institutions that fail her and others like her. Read
• 4.0 Screen ZealotsLouisa Moore Fans of police procedurals will be mildly satisfied by “Still Here,” a solid (if not particularly well made), by-the-book drama that meets most expectations (but never exceeds them). Read
• 4.0 We Live EntertainmentAaron Neuwirth Within this mess of a story is one key performance that is so strong I feel bad that Vlad Feier and Peter Gutter's screenplay felt the need to minimalize it with other subplots. Read
• 3.5 CinemalogueTodd Jorgenson The film is simply mediocre as a police procedural or as a character study. But it stumbles badly on a broader scale, with any topical ambitions compromised by a lack of subtlety and nuance. Read
• 3.0 Next Best PictureJosh Parham There is no commentary about police brutality or the media's lack of interest in black suffering that feels noteworthy, which makes the whole exercise an empty gesture of poor storytelling that never becomes engaging. Read
• 2.5 Culture MixCarla Hay The dramatic film “Still Here” desperately tries to look like it's got a higher social conscience than the average B-movie, but the results are phony, awkward and downright dumb. Read