| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"Smartly written and beautifully played..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"A movie like this depends on nuance and performance if it is not to descend entirely into soap opera." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Geoff Berkshire |
"...some of the best writing and acting on screen all year..." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...terrific -- a movie of uncommon appreciation for the nature and nurture that go into making us who we are, a perfectly calibrated drama both compassionate and unsentimental." more... |
A |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"Sharply unsentimental and very funny..." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A perceptive and often strangely funny coming-of-middle-age story." more... |
A |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"One of the best movies of the year so far..." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Darkly hilarious..." more... |
A- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...beautifully nuanced tragicomedy..." more... |
A |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...both Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman are in top form." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a twisted, bittersweet pleasure." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"The right mix of humor and horror and with not even a shred of sentimentality." more... |
B+ |
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