The Playlist by Lena Wilson

Song of Back and Neck is worth a watch—even if you’ll scratch your head more often than you’ll laugh.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

The romantic comedy elements here are just offbeat enough to appeal. But with every encounter with the needles, the music and the Song of Back and Neck, the pitch rises and the laughs — awkward and endlessly surprising — turn to cackles and then guffaws.

Variety by Peter Debruge

Because Lieberstein is an inherently likable actor, we identify with his plight, even if it takes a while to realize that he’s essentially brought this situation upon himself.

The Hollywood Reporter by Caryn James

Only the comic parts soar, and they fit uneasily with the pallid romance and half-hearted family drama.

Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

The story...never comes together as a satisfying whole, even if it all proves relatively painless viewing.

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

What Lieberstein has made is a self-help manual disguised as a comedy.