The film doesn’t glamorize addiction, or make it irrationally melodramatic, or gussy itself up in bespoke tragedy. (The same cannot be said of Beautiful Boy.) It’s all just right—even if “just right” is just O.K.

Julia Roberts blasts through this family reunion drama-turned-thriller with one of the most forceful performances of her career.

Wendy Ide

Screen International

The film is aware of the weight of its subject but loath to behave like an important film — focusing instead on the specificity of one sick young man and the family that loves and fears him in almost equal measure.

John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter