64
Metascore
Generally Favorable
positive
12(71%)
mixed
5(29%)
negative
0(0%)
Showing 17 Critic Reviews
90
Director Gary Winick ("Sweet Nothing") ingeniously complements Draper's layered approach by modulating the film's energy in fascinating ways.
88
Reveals real feelings.
80
Starts out self-consciously but gets better as it goes along, winding up as affecting as it is illuminating.
75
The little film is made uniquely engaging by the performance of its young star, Chris Marquette.
75
If it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.
75
Has the schematic feel of a disease-of-the-week TV movie, but the connections made between jazz and the minds that produce it turns the film into something much more intimate and compelling.
75
Badly lit and at times, awkwardly inspirational, yet there's real feeling in it, especially when the movie suggests that Tourette's syndrome is every bit as pure an expression of the spirit as it is a ''disorder.''
75
Sounds bleak, but turns out to be an absorbing and lively film.
70
I value the flawed Tic Code over a good many relatively flawless features because it has more heart, more life, and more spunk.
63
Works better as a sociological study than as a gripping drama.
