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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

November 11, 2005 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Starring :

Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers Be the 1st!

“..works earnestly to transform unfamiliar concepts of philosophy..”

by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

“..pretty phony..”

by [The Filmiliar Cineaste]

“..loses its sting along the way..”

by [E! Online]

“..becomes muddled and strained..”

by Gary Goldstein [Reel]

“..an intriguing and original look at family dysfunction and alternate forms of spirituality..”

by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]

“..an emotionally complex but dramatically inert psychological portrait of a family..”

by Jan Stuart [Newsday]

“..a watchable but ultimately frustrating and disappointing experience..”

by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]

“..a movie about spirituality without a single ounce of spirit..”

by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]

“..a film that gets deep inside the characters to see what makes them tick..”

by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]

“..a baffling puzzle where cause and effect are never firmly established...”

by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]

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Reviewed by J.P. Mangalindan [The Cinema Source]

Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]

Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]

Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

Reviewed by Chelsea Bain [Boston Herald]

Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]

Reviewed by Hanh Nguyen [Zap2it]

Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]

Reviewed by Anthony Lane [The New Yorker]

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