Seeking refuge from his grief and crumbling marriage, a salesman (James Gandolfini), on a business trip to New Orleans, a damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman (Kristen Stewart).
It's a preposterous story, yet for part of its duration at least, Gandolfini as the slouching, baggily dressed Doug and Leo as the reawakened wife manage to make it rather touching.
Welcome to the Rileys is a reminder that good, or at least intriguing, things can come in what seem to be predictable packages.
London Evening Standard
November 19, 2011
If it could be too slow-burning for some, it is at least a refreshing change from a pattern of film-making that never gives you a moment's rest because there is nothing under the surface.
Tribune News Service
January 17, 2013
Kristen Stewart ever runs out of "Snow White" sequels, this is what her post "Twilight" career should look like.
