"HAUNTING... A LITTLE INDIE GEM"
- BETSY SHARKEY, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A COMPELLING DRAMA WITH AN UNUSUAL LOCALE, AND A MOVING COMING-OF-AGE STORY ITH POWERFUL PERFORMANCES."
- JEFFREY LYONS/LYONS DEN RADIO
"FEELS SIGNIFICANT AND TRUE... THIS A STORY WORTH TELLING."
- LA WEEKLY
"IT'S REVEALING PORTRAIT OF LIVES ON THE EDGE OF POVERTY AND THE LIMITING, TWO-FISTED WORLD A SENSITIVE SOUL LIKE LARRY MIGHT NEVER ESCAPE... COLORFUL, WELL-MOUNTED"
- ROGERS MOVIE NATION
"EXQUISITE TALE OF ENTOMBED SECRETS, HONOR AND LOVE.
THE LESSER BLESSED IS A TRUE MASTERPIECE!"
- AMY R HANDLER, FILM THREAT
"5 STARS. AN INCREDIBLY CURRENT, VISUALLY STUNNING, POETIC, HEART-ACHING AND DRAMATIC STORY. THE LESSER BLESSED IS MY FAVORITE FILM OF TIFF, AMONGST CONSIDERABLE COMPETITION."
- PRESSPLUS1.COM
"POWERFUL"
- THE FILMSTAGE
"A REALISTIC AND POWERFUL DRAMA THAT IS DRIVEN BY ITS INCREDIBLE CAST. IT IS NICE TO SEE AN INTELLIGENT, WELL-WRITTEN AND BRILLIANTLY ACTED FILM LIKE THIS. A REAL GEM THAT EVOKES ALL KINDS OF EMOTIONS."
- VIDEOVIEWS
"ONE OF THE MOST RIVETING CANADIAN FILMS OF TIFF 2012. RELYING ON ATMOSPHERE, RESTRAINT, AND PERFORMANCES STEEPED IN RAW HUMAN EMOTION, THE LESSER BLESSED SUCCEEDS BECAUSE IT UNDERSTANDS ITS EMOTIONAL CORE AND STICKS TO IT, OFFERING SIMPLICITY OF STORY, BUT NOT OF CONCEPT OR EMOTION."
- CADENCE CANADA
"IMPORTANT"
- CINEMABLOGERAPHER.COM
"[RICHARD VAN CAMP'S THE LESSER BLESSED IS] HOLDEN CAULFIELD WITH SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL."
- QUILL & QUIRE
