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FUN
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how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
40
how much it moved you
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Read from 32 comments (32 from Metacritic) — 5 of them described how it moves.
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“The really picks up when Ben, a broken writer suffering the loss of his son, takes a reluctant Trevor on a road trip across America to visit landmarks that Trevor has a strange fascination with.”
evellllllllllll · Metacritic ↗
“One of the great things about this movie is that it pulls you in very quickly. A short and effective montage early on gives us a useful insight into Paul Rudd’s character, but not so much that we’re not wanting to find out more.”
madmovieman · Metacritic ↗
“the first act of this movie isn’t hugely dramatic”
madmovieman · Metacritic ↗
“ending was weak”
gum11 · Metacritic ↗
“takes a while to develop”
Miqht · Metacritic ↗
“once it gets going, its a ride”
Miqht · Metacritic ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 33% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“It’s only frustrating that however funny Fundamentals is, the dynamic is something we’ve seen many times before.”
Ed Frankl, The Film Stage · 75
“Caring may be fundamental, but it never quite feels necessary.”
Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly · 75
“As in Ant-Man, there's lots of shopworn redemption-plotting to get through here, and a sense that the filmmakers find the kind of jobs actually available to Americans a little beneath someone as twinkly-cute as Paul Rudd. But — also like in Ant-Man — the pleasures of Rudd overpower the programmatic elements.”
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice · 70
“The Fundamentals Of Caring is about as generic as indie dramedies come. (It even has ukulele on the soundtrack.) That doesn’t make it a bad movie—the cast all turn in convincing performances, and the dialogue is occasionally quite clever—but it doesn’t make it a memorable one either.”
Katie Rife, The A.V. Club · 67
“Solid performances and some genuinely sharp humor elevate writer-director Rob Burnett’s second feature.”
Geoff Berkshire, Variety · 60
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“The really picks up when Ben, a broken writer suffering the loss of his son, takes a reluctant Trevor on a road trip across America to visit landmarks that Trevor has a strange fascination with.”
evellllllllllllabout 33–66% inread it ↗
“One of the great things about this movie is that it pulls you in very quickly. A short and effective montage early on gives us a useful insight into Paul Rudd’s character, but not so much that we’re not wanting to find out more.”
madmoviemanabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“the first act of this movie isn’t hugely dramatic”
madmoviemanabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“ending was weak”
gum11about 75–100% inread it ↗
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