SummaryFrankie (John Pollono), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Packie (Shea Wigham) are lifelong friends who share a love of the Red Sox, rowdy bars and Frankie’s teenaged daughter Crystal (Ciara Bravo). But when Frankie invites his pals to a whiskey-fueled evening and asks them to do a favor on behalf of the brash young woman they all adore, events spin wild... Read More
Directed By:John Pollono
Written By:John Pollono
Small Engine Repair
Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
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14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Sep 9, 2021
89
Small Engine Repair is a real American horror story, skillfully shot, perfectly cast and acted, and carrying a sorrowful message that resonates with brutal truth.
Sep 8, 2021
88
In less skilled hands, this could have come across as cynical and manipulative material, but Pollono is such a skilled wordsmith and the cast is so universally excellent, Small Engine Repair becomes a viewing experience you won’t easily shake off, not today and not for a long time.
Sep 7, 2021
60
The darkly funny American indie drama Small Engine Repair works best when it’s a hangout comedy starring three schlubby New England burnouts.
Sep 10, 2021
50
While Small Engine Repair’s message is clear, it doesn’t completely take off and is fragmented in its pacing, with a twisted turn that doesn't land.
Sep 9, 2021
50
The film, which Pollono also directs, provides more depth than the original but still flounders in the translation from stage to screen.
Sep 8, 2021
50
The results, although sporadically arresting, feel awkward, like a child wearing clothing a few sizes too big.
Sep 10, 2021
25
Small Engine Repair is little more than 103 minutes of a would-be provocation whose only real advantage is that it's ultimately too dopey to be as offensive as it clearly could have been. It has nothing of note to say about the issues it pretends to raise, though it does try to say them as loudly and as pseudo-colorfully as possible.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
50% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
43% Mixed
6 Ratings
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7% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Sep 11, 2021
9
This was a weird one for me. The first part of it was very difficult to get through, I actually found myself looking at my watch. But I ended up absolutely LOVING this movie. Very powerful and tense.
Sep 17, 2021
7
Set in Manchester, New Hampshire (which they call "Manch Vegas"), the film is about a group of a Irish American friends who are prone to heavy drinking and fighting. The story could be about any ethnic group, but given their boorish behavior, not necessarily the kind of guys you would want to spend with for an hour, much less than entire evening. However, as an examination of the destructive nature of toxic masculinity, "Small Engine Repair" is very effective as drama. In the beginning you wonder where everything is heading, but by the end the film makes sense.
Production Company:
- Canopy Media Partners
- Story Factory SER
- Tapestry Films
- Whitewater Films
Release Date:Sep 10, 2021
Duration:1 h 42 m
Rating:R
