Dear Zoe

R

Released Nov 4, 2022

1 hr. 34 min.

Drama

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A year after her family suffers an unimaginable loss, teenage Tess pens a heartfelt letter to her dead little sister Zoe, reflecting on what was lost, her resistance to traveling with her family down recovery road, and the surprising sources from which she gains love and support so that she can begin to get better.

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T B

left after 50 minutes. trite and unoriginal. mediocre writing & acting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/10/22

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Google

Well acted, especially Sadie Sink. Good pacing. Thoughtful story that was believable and touching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/06/22

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Carolina L

I think that the movie would probably be better if some of the acting were better, cause there are some of them that omg I can't deal with it. Btw the main actress saves this movie, cause the story is really comovent and I cried in many of hers scenes

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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chitown2bayarea

Sadie excels playing a grief stricken teen in this tearjerker movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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We all deal with loss and grief in our own way Based on the book by Philip Beard and directed by Gren Wells Sadie Sink plays a young girl Tess Her family feels from the tragedy of the loss of her sister, Zoe She can't feel anything since she blames herself for what happened Tess's mom is distant and she decides to live with her dad who divorced years ago She expresses herself through drawings and meets a neighbor who she falls for The longer she stays away the more lonely her mom feels Can Tess and her make up for lost time? How can different ways of losing a sibling or a parent be the same thing? Or different? Sadie Sink gives an exceptional performance as a girl dealing with loss and playing hundreds of what ifs in her head A person like her can only not face what really happened for so long The supporting cast works very well too yet a couple other side characters could've been cut out since we never see them too often Wells tells a pretty good teen drama about grief without sinking too much into it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/04/23

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Brittany K

I thought it was decent at first with some cool angles and videography, but once the main character (16 years old) started dating a 20 something year old I was grossed out. I thought maybe they would make a point of it and say it's wrong, but the pedophilia kept getting worse. I had to turn the movie off.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Gren Wells

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Sadie Sink

Tess DeNunzio

Theo Rossi

Nick DeNunzio

Kweku Collins

Jimmy Freeze

Vivien Lyra Blair

Emily Gladstone

MacKenzie Noel Rusiewicz

Zoe Gladstone

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Elizabeth Weitzman

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Too much of “Dear Zoe,” though, feels factory-designed to engineer emotion rather than aiming to earn it organically.

Nov 3, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Dear Zoe is the kind of film that too often goes unseen.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Jan 15, 2023

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Lisa Nystrom

FILMINK (Australia)

… emotionally generous performances that are captivating to watch

Rated: 15/20

Dec 26, 2022

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

While Sink does her job of relaying what's on the page, the directing, somehow, doesn't offer viewers an understanding of what's going on with Tess in between the lines

Rated: 3/5

Nov 9, 2022

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

The writers and director Wells repeatedly fall back on melodrama, pushing the emotionality with the full range of movie gimmickry.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 8, 2022

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Kat Hughes

THN

Sink’s performance is beautiful. The young star effortlessly manoeuvres the various stages of grief and makes a compelling lead.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 7, 2022

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Synopsis

A year after her family suffers an unimaginable loss, teenage Tess pens a heartfelt letter to her dead little sister Zoe, reflecting on what was lost, her resistance to traveling with her family down recovery road, and the surprising sources from which she gains love and support so that she can begin to get better.

Director: Gren Wells
Executive Producer: Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell, Leslie Blodgett, Keith Blodgett, Lizzie Friedman
Screenwriter: Marc Lhormer, Melissa Martin
Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media
Production Co: Zin Haze Productions, Resonate Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Teen Marijuana Use)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2022

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