| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Arizona Daily Star
Phil Villareal |
"...a winner." more... |
A |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...one of the best-directed films this year." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"It sneaks up on you and shakes you..." more... |
A- |
CNN.com
Paul Tatara |
"...relentlessly bleak..." more... |
C- |
| E! Online |
"...[contains] many Oscar-buzzing performances." more... |
A- |
Film Threat
Anthony Miele |
"...occasionally straddles that delicate line between bordome and excess, yet never fails to maintain a certain lever of interest." more... |
B |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"...it pulls us in and does not let go." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"A triumph." more... |
A- |
Premiere
Glenn Kenny |
"...intimate, wrenching..." more... |
B+ |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"...almost impossible to forget." more... |
A |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Oscar would be a fool not to salute the career-crowning performances of Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson..." more... |
A |
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir |
"...deceptively calm, emotionally shocking..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann |
"...one of the best films of the year." more... |
A |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams |
"...one of the best films of the year." more... |
A- |
Village Voice
J. Hoberman |
"Increasingly unconvincing..." more... |
B- |
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