Take Care (film)

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Take Care
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Directed by Liz Tuccillo
Written byLiz Tuccillo
Produced by Leslie Bibb
Starring
CinematographyAnne Ethridge
Edited byJohn Carhart III
Music by
Distributed by Phase 4 Films
Release dates
  • March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)(South by Southwest Film Festival)
  • December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Take Care is a 2014 comedy-drama film directed by Liz Tuccillo. [1] [2] [3] [4] The plot involves a woman who, after getting hit by a car, realizes who her true friends are who don't want to care for her as she heals. She then forced to enlist the help of her ex-boyfriend, whom she believes owes her since she had taken care of him when he was fighting cancer during their relationship.

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 25% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.2/10. [5] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [6] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. [7] Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media gave the film two stars out of five. [8]

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References

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  8. Sandie Angulo Chen. "Take Care". Common Sense Media . Retrieved 15 July 2019.