It's very amusing when it's amusing, but really heart wrenching when it's heart-wrenching.

Full Review | Jun 15, 2024

Granted, it leans on clichés here and there... but considering the alternative, a layered neurodivergent character can be considered progress.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 13, 2024

A film that nevertheless deserves to be seen and discussed.

Full Review | Jun 12, 2024

Rightfully so, the prevailing message of Ezra becomes seeing your kid’s needs and celebrating their strengths, no matter the traits or labels.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2024

Despite the film’s title and Fitzgerald hitting a long ball in his big-screen debut, this is Cannavale’s film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 8, 2024

This film, full of painful scenes of self-destructive excess, is worth it as well, partially because of the outstanding performance of 15-year-old William Fitzgerald, an autistic young man in real life, who does a remarkable job as the title character.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 7, 2024

Autism has proliferated since the 1990s. The very fine "Ezra" puts a human face on the situation and sets up the coming Big Pharma exposé doc "Protocol 7."

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 7, 2024

What’s so mind-boggling about this film is that if not for the kidnapping/restraining order/Amber Alert part, this same story would be touching and affecting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 7, 2024

The sort of movie that can actually teach people something about an issue without being only recommendable as education, which is far from easy and worth the effort.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 7, 2024

The film’s murky moral is buried by its lackluster plot which hits its stops on the road trip without true purpose or intention.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2024

Additional positive representation of autistic characters is needed in entertainment, and the well-made, well-acted, and well-informed Ezra is a worthy addition.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2024

Spiridakis’ personal experiences can be felt through his movie’s sincerity. And I appreciate his willingness to buck what many would say a movie about neurodiversity “should be”.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 5, 2024

An incredible story about fathers and sons.

Full Review | Jun 4, 2024

A well-acted gem.

Full Review | Jun 4, 2024

All the performances are great, but this is one of the most ethically problematic movies I’ve seen in a while. It’s a movie about raising an autistic child where the father does not have the slightest clue how to raise an autistic child.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Jun 4, 2024

There are a lot of tales to be told about autism and this one decides to structure itself with the most well-known film of them all with the rarity of a lead character that we have to admit may not be fit to be a father.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 4, 2024

The struggle between "cute" and "cloying" is real, and tends to blunt the emotional impact of the story. But Goldwyn's light touch ensures that the picture is never less than watchable

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 4, 2024

There are too many terrific actors in 'Ezra" for the movie to be terrible, but that’s not for lack of trying.

Full Review | Jun 3, 2024

While the script meanders at times, Goldwyn's sensitive direction and the genuine father-son bond make this autism road trip dramedy a journey worth taking.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 3, 2024

The initial section of the film...is imbued with a degree of candor about the family dynamic that’s honest and incisive. That’s why it’s so disappointing that in the latter stages it veers into issue-movie cliché and mawkishness.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jun 3, 2024