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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurraydeWitt's script is much better than anything Jacobs has worked on before, with a story that gets richer as it goes.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceHumanistic without being moralistic, and very funny, Terri is a measured, observational examination of the stratification of teenage loser-dom.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfA movie that could terrify parents while charming them with its compassion.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhat lifts Terri above its peers is not the plight of its protagonist or the film's sympathy for him, but rather the care and craft that the director, Azazel Jacobs, has brought to fairly conventional material.
- If the lighter scenes sometimes lean toward sitcom cuteness, Jacobs has a sufficiently deft touch to get away with it. The territory often seems closest to that of NBC's unjustly short-lived "Freaks and Geeks," which is by no means a bad place to be.
- 63Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberTerri, a generously spirited dramedy in the high-school-misfit genre (indie division), finds director Azazel Jacobs taking a calling-card approach to his second feature.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierIf one performance could tilt a movie the direction it needs to go, John C. Reilly's expertly left-of-center turn in Terri is it.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreIt's a movie of thematic dead-ends. Director Azazel Jacobs and writer Patrick DeWitt give us a slow SLOW and somewhat morose tale that isn't remotely funny or profound enough to sustain that pace and tone.