Rotten
Colfer is still very young, but he needs to learn that "snide" is not a point of view.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Struck by Lightning
A personal raincloud can be deadly...
2012 · 1h 30m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Brian Dannelly
Overview
After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.
Director and cast
- Brian Dannelly Director
- Dermot Mulroney as Neal Phillips
- Sarah Hyland as Claire Mathews
- Chris Colfer as Carson Phillips
- Allison Janney as Sheryl Phillips
- Christina Hendricks as April
- Graham Rogers as Scott Thomas
- Rebel Wilson as Malerie Baggs
- Polly Bergen as Grandma
- Angela Kinsey as Counselor
- Ashley Rickards as Vicki Jordan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Ultimately, it all portends a much brighter future for Colfer than for Carson.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Rotten
If only "Struck by Lightning" had a sharper, stronger perspective, it might have made more of its conceit.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Except for Ms. Janney's monstrous mother and an Alzheimer's-afflicted grandmother (Polly Bergen), "Struck by Lightning" gives its characters no dimension.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
There isn't much to say about Struck by Lightning, except that it's one of those interchangeable teen movies that lands in theaters in early January, the morgue for films nobody knows what to do with.
Ella Taylor, NPR
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