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Things We Lost in the Fire (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 "...all the tears, half the guilt." more... B- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "The key performance in the film is by Del Toro, who never overplays, who sidesteps any temptation to go over the top..." more... B   Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips "...consistently well-acted and, for a studio picture, pretty sharp on the subject of addiction and recovery and relapse." more... B   E! Online Dezhda Mountz "...a modern weepie that manages to hit all the marks, without being too terribly predictable." more... B   Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...a safely false, glamorized weepie..." more... C+ filmcritic.com Sean O'Connell "Complicated and raw..." more... B- Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "Uneven but often compelling drama about an American family in crisis by a European filmmaker." more... B   Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan "...though it is erratic and can come off as manufactured, this film has the gift of gathering strength as it goes on." more... B- New York Post Kyle Smith "Things We Lost in the Fire was made to win awards, and I'm here to present it with one: the Cliché of the Year honors, otherwise known as the Hackney." more... C- New York Times Stephen Holden "...a movie that, despite its fine acting, has the emotional impact of a general anesthetic." more... B- ReelViews James Berardinelli "...deals frankly and openly with the wounds - some obvious, some not so obvious - that are left by the tragic, untimely loss of a loved one." more... A- San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego "Benicio Del Toro turns in a first-rate performance..." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...a poignant, extremely well-told parable..." more... B   USA Today Claudia Puig "Though loss is the cornerstone of the slow-moving and somber Things We Lost in the Fire, wisdom is gained by the final frame." 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...)