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Starting Out in the Evening (2007)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...a gentle collection of scenes that work and scenes that don't." more... B- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...a film about people who think literature is worth devoting a lifetime to. People who think great novelists are a species of saint." more... A   filmcritic.com Blake French "...an honest, intricate, and affectionate portrait..." more... A- New York Post Lou Lumenick "It really doesn't get much better than Frank Langella's career-capping performance..." more... B   ReelViews James Berardinelli "It's a gentle, unhurried drama about how people can connect with each other through conversation, nonverbal gestures, and writing." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "Unfortunately, director and co-writer Andrew Wagner compounds the difficulty by wallowing in the story's bleakness and settling for sentimental gestures from his actors." more... C+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...the performances carry the day." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)